ursächlich
German, adjective/ˈuːɐ̯ˌzɛçlɪç/
ursächlich is spelled U-R-S-Ä-C-H-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ursächlich is a German adjective meaning “causal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Grund bildend oder betreffend”.
What does ursächlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
causal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Grund bildend oder betreffend
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 ursächlich
- ursächlicher masculine nominative singular
- am ursächlichsten superlative
- ursächliche feminine nominative singular
- ursächliches neuter nominative singular
- ursächlichen genitive masculine singular
- ursächlichem dative masculine singular
- der ursächliche definite includes-article masculine
- die ursächliche definite feminine includes-article
- das ursächliche definite includes-article neuter
- die ursächlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des ursächlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der ursächlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem ursächlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ursächlich?
- Germany /ˈuːɐ̯ˌzɛçlɪç/
- Austria /ˈuːɐ̯ˌsɛçlɪç/
- [ˈuːɐ̯ˌzɛçlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ursächlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ursächlich in German?
ursächlich appears 1.6 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).