Meaning 1neutral · 82%
To officially give someone the task of doing something specific.
Natural examples
Die Stadt beauftragte ein Büro, den Park zu planen.
The city commissioned a firm to design the park.
Wir beauftragen morgen eine Technikerin mit der Reparatur.
Tomorrow we will assign a technician to the repair.
Der Verlag beauftragte ihn, ein Vorwort zu schreiben.
The publisher asked him to write a foreword.
Usage note
Beauftragen often takes a person in accusative and a task as zu-infinitive or clause.
Mini-lesson: beauftragen
To officially give someone the task of doing something specific. Beauftragen often takes a person in accusative and a task as zu-infinitive or clause.
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