Verb

beauftragen

Translation

to commission, to instruct, to assign, to entrust

Wir haben eine Firma beauftragt.

We have commissioned a company.

Sie wurde mit dem Projekt beauftragt.

She was put in charge of the project.

Er beauftragte mich, das Paket abzuholen.

He instructed me to pick up the package.

((sb.)) ((with sth.)) to entrust sb. with sth. They entrusted him with the management of the project.

((sb.)) ((to do sth.)) to commission/instruct sb. to do sth. The company commissioned an architect to design the building.

Synonyms: anweisen (to instruct), instruieren (to instruct), bevollmächtigen (to authorize)

From `be-` (prefix) + `Auftrag` (commission, order). Literally 'to give an order to' or 'to place an order with'.

The key is the noun 'der Auftrag' (order/task). To 'beauftragen' someone is to give them an 'Auftrag'.