kausal

[kaʊ̯ˈzaːl]

/[kaʊ̯ˈzaːl]/ adj

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The verdict

“kausal” is uncommon German (frequency #63,460 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,460
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - allgemein: auf ein Ursache-Wirkungs-Verhältnis bezogen, ursächlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-kausal · kausal · German

kausal · rank #63,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,460
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kationen

Nearest frequency peer: Kationen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „kausal“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kausal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kausal
PropertyValue
Headwordkausal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kaʊ̯ˈzaːl]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,460
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kausal“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).kausalfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kationen“ (#63,459), „kassierten“ (#63,458), „Kegelbahn“ (#63,462). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kausal“ bei #63,460. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kausal is uncommon German at frequency #63,460 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kaʊ̯ˈzaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

kausal has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is kausal, spelled K-A-U-S-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    allgemein: auf ein Ursache-Wirkungs-Verhältnis bezogen, ursächlich
  2. 2
    die Ursache (als grammatische oder semantische Kategorie) betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how kausal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ob ein kausaler Zusammenhang besteht, soll Gegenstand des Gutachtens sein.
  2. Die Wörter „da“ und „weil“ sind kausale Subjunktionen im Deutschen.

Synonyms

ursächlichbegründend

Antonyms

akausaldirektionalfinalkonditionalkonsekutivkonzessivlokalmodaltemporal

This word in other languages

causal(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kausal"?
"kausal" is spelled K-A-U-S-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kaʊ̯ˈzaːl].
What does "kausal" mean?
As an adjective, "kausal" means: allgemein: auf ein Ursache-Wirkungs-Verhältnis bezogen, ursächlich
How do you pronounce "kausal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kausal" is [kaʊ̯ˈzaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kausal" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kausal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

konvex#63,478hüpfte#63,432Lachse#63,492hohler#63,423

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list