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Causa
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causa causá causà
Translingual
mul
Etymology
mul
Proper noun
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genus family Helicidae certain air-breathing land snails
References
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German
Etymology
de :bor la:causa
From de la causa. de Chose.
Pronunciation
de /ˈkaʊ̯za/ standard
de /ˈkaɔ̯sa/ Austria
de De-Causa.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f,e:Causen.nodatpln
de especially in reporting case a dispute or controversy, often of a legal nature, especially one of public notoriety
de Fall Angelegenheit Sache Affäre
de sich zu (sometimes: in) einer Causa äußern to make a statement concerning a case
de Causa Wedel: Die ARD wird noch weiter auffklären Joachim Huber w:Tagesspiegel https://web.archive.org/web/20250419202334/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/medien/die-ard-wird-noch-weiter-auffklaren-3923212.html 2018-02-07 In den Anstalten der ARD gibt es noch keinen finalen Befund in der Causa Wedel. There is not yet a report on the final findings regarding the case of Wedel by the insitutions of the ARD.
de law the obligation which allows one to keep something obtained according to unjust enrichment rules
de Behaltensgrund Rechtsgrund rechtlicher Grund
Usage notes
In the sense of "case", de Causa is often specified by a personal name or other proper noun in apposition, like "die Causa Müller". The name is often the person or entity whose actions are in question. Usage without specifying apposition is more common in Austria.
In that sense, it typically refers to an ongoing, not yet settled situation. Purely historical references to cases that are no longer actively investigated will instead use the more general de Fall or, for matters regarded as more scandalous, de Affäre.
Plural usage is very rare in Germany, but more common in Austria.
Declension
f,e:Causen.nodatpln
Further reading
Causa (Rechtsgrund) de