Ursache
German, noun/ˈuːɐ̯ˌzaxə/
Ursache is spelled U-R-S-A-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ursache is a German feminine noun meaning “cause (source or reason of an event or action)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorhergehender Sachverhalt, der einen momentanen Sachverhalt wesentlich bestimmt hat”.
What does Ursache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecause (source or reason of an event or action)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vorhergehender Sachverhalt, der einen momentanen Sachverhalt wesentlich bestimmt hat
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ursache
- Ursachen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ursache?
- Germany /ˈuːɐ̯ˌzaxə/
- Austria /ˈuːɐ̯ˌsaxɛ/
- [ˈuːɐ̯ˌzaxə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ursache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ursache in German?
Ursache appears 32 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).