account for saksaksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-saksa)

(transitive) To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
(transitive) To be the primary cause of
(transitive) To constitute in amount or portion.
(transitive) To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.
(transitive) To be answerable for.
(transitive) To destroy or put out of action.

I don't have to account for anything to you.
The storekeeper was expected to account for any material removed.
“[...] But there are still four cartridges in the revolver. Two have been fired and two wounds inflicted, so that each bullet can be accounted for.”
The torrential downpour would account for the saturated state of the land.
German speakers accounted for 37% of the population.
... and car strikes account for more than 50000, it's obvious the wolves' effect on the state's deer herd is so small as to be meaningless.
Coyotes account for more rabbits than hunters do.
Allied Air Forces Account for 34 Axis Aircraft
South Vietnamese counter-attacks helped account for 239 guerrillas reported killed in the 24 hours ending at 6 today, 86 of them in allied air attacks