Introduction. This study is devoted to the description of cause-and-effect relations in the German language, which are expressed in units designated by the term “connectors”. The article examines the linguistic content of this concept, describes the dynamics of theoretical understanding of these connecting means, gives their logical-semantic and semantic-grammatical characteristics. The relevance of the research is due to the need for a systematic description of new linguistic means of connection, which, unlike conjunctions, convey semantic relations more accurately and in a specialized way. The purpose of the study is to consider the functional and semantic properties of German connectors of causal semantics. Materials and methods. In the course of the study, the method of linguistic observation and description was used as the main one. Examples from German fiction were used as the material for the study. Results, discussion. The author reckons pronominal adverbs among the functional class of causal connectors. This class of functions not only provides a connection of syntactic constructions nominating propositions, but also allows us to better reveal the considered logical-semantic relations between the components connected with their help. Connectors are most often used when organizing a complex sentence. The article notes that connectors provide coherence and logical sequence of utterances, therefore they are linguistic means of expressing formal textual coherence, known in modern linguistics as cohesion. Conclusion. Based on the results of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that the study of connectors as units of a special level deserves more attention, since the need for their use as a universal means of generating logical utterances in the German language is constantly increasing.