German verb · CEFR C1
beauftragt
Meaning in English: commissioned, hired, instructed
This is a form of beauftragen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Wir haben einen Maler mit der Arbeit beauftragt.
We've hired a painter to do the work.
How common is beauftragt?
beauftragt is number 3,742 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 22 times per million words — about once every 45,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,738Angeklagtendefendant(s) (oblique case, plural)
- 3,739das Kilogrammkilogram
- 3,740Flammenflames
- 3,741höchstensat most, at the most
- 3,742beauftragtcommissioned, hired, instructed
- 3,743Richtlinienguidelines
- 3,744die Wärmewarmth, heat
- 3,745das Messerknife
- 3,746scheinento seem; to shine
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