beauftragen

commission

verb be-OWF-trah-gen Less Common

Also means

assign

Usage Note

beauftragen means to formally task or hire someone with a job, typically jemanden mit etwas beauftragen. Despite the auf- inside it, the prefix be- is inseparable, so it stays whole: Sie beauftragte einen Anwalt. It belongs to formal and business register.

Examples

"Wir beauftragen eine Firma damit."

Natural Translation

We are commissioning a company for it.

Literal Translation

We commission a company there-with.

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