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I. be·cause [bɪˈkɒz, Am -ˈkɑ:z] CONJ

1. because (for reason that):

because
weil
because
da
he's trusted because honest
man vertraut ihm, weil er ehrlich ist
he's trusted because honest
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. because inf (for):

because
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

Phrases:

just because!
[einfach] nur so!
why not? — just because!
warum nicht? — darum!

II. be·cause [bɪˈkɒz, Am -ˈkɑ:z] PREP

because of
wegen +gen
because of me/you/them
meinetwegen/deinetwegen/ihretwegen
because of which ...
weshalb [o. weswegen] ...