Verb

verursachen

Translation

to cause, to provoke, to bring about

Der Sturm verursachte große Schäden.

The storm caused great damage.

Wer hat den Unfall verursacht?

Who caused the accident?

Das Medikament kann Nebenwirkungen verursachen.

The medicine can cause side effects.

((sth.)) verursachen to cause sth. Smoking causes lung cancer.

Synonyms: hervorrufen (to evoke), auslösen (to trigger); Antonyms: verhindern (to prevent), vermeiden (to avoid)

From 'ver-' (prefix) + 'Ursache' (cause) + '-n' (verb ending). Literally 'to make a cause' or 'to be the cause of'.

Break it down: 'ver-URSACHE-n'. If you know 'die Ursache' means 'the cause', this verb is easy to remember as 'to cause'.