Causa

See also: causa, causá, and causà

Translingual

Proper noun

Causa

A taxonomic genus within the family Helicidae – certain air-breathing land snails.

German

Etymology

From Latin causa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊ̯za/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /ˈkaɔ̯sa/ (Austria)
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Noun

Causa f (genitive Causa, plural Causae or Causen)

(colloquial) case
Synonyms: Fall, Angelegenheit, Sache
(law) the obligation which allows one to keep something obtained according to unjust enrichment rules
Synonyms: Behaltensgrund, Rechtsgrund, rechtlicher Grund

Declension

Declension of Causa [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Causa	die	Causae, Causen
genitive	einer	der	Causa	der	Causae, Causen
dative	einer	der	Causa	den	Causaen, Causen
accusative	eine	die	Causa	die	Causae, Causen

Further reading

“Causa” in Duden online
“Causa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Causa” in OpenThesaurus.de
Causa (Rechtsgrund) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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