because

because
1. conjunction
weil

that is because you don't know German — das liegt daran, dass du kein Deutsch kannst

2. adverb

because of — wegen (+ Gen.)

don't come just because of me — nur meinetwegen brauchen Sie nicht zu kommen

because of which he ... — weswegen er ...

* * *
[bi'koz]
conjunction
(for the reason that: I can't go because I am ill.) weil
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* * *
be·cause
[bɪˈkɒz, AM -ˈkɑ:z]
I. conj
1. (for reason that) weil, da
he's trusted \because honest man vertraut ihm, weil er ehrlich ist, man vertraut ihm wegen seiner Ehrlichkeit
all the more ... \because ... umso mehr ..., weil ...
he was all the more hurt \because he had trusted her er war umso gekränkter, hatte er ihr doch vertraut
just \because ... bloß [o nur] weil ...
that's \because ... es liegt daran, dass ...
2. (fam: for) denn
have you been away, \because we haven't seen you recently? waren Sie weg? wir haben Sie nämlich in letzter Zeit gar nicht gesehen
3.
▶ just \because! [einfach] nur so!
why not? — just \because! warum nicht? — darum!
II. prep
▪ \because of wegen +gen
\because of me/you/them meinetwegen/deinetwegen/ihretwegen
\because of which ... weshalb [o weswegen] ...
* * *
[bɪ'kɒz]
1. conj
weil; (= since also) da

it was the more surprising because we were not expecting it — es war umso überraschender, als wir es nicht erwartet hatten

if I did it, it was because it had to be done — ich habe es nur getan, weil es getan werden musste

why did you do it? – just because (inf) — warum or weshalb hast du das getan? – darum or deshalb

2. prep

because of — wegen (+gen or (inf) +dat)

I only did it because of you — ich habe es nur deinetwegen/Ihretwegen getan

* * *
because [bıˈkɒz; US bıˈkɔːz]
A konj weil, da
B präp:
because of wegen (gen), infolge von (od gen):
because of him (her) seinetwegen (ihretwegen)
* * *
1. conjunction
weil

that is because you don't know German — das liegt daran, dass du kein Deutsch kannst

2. adverb

because of — wegen (+ Gen.)

don't come just because of me — nur meinetwegen brauchen Sie nicht zu kommen

because of which he ... — weswegen er ...

* * *
conj.
wegen konj.
weil konj. expr.
darum adv.

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