betrauen
German, verb
betrauen is spelled B-E-T-R-A-U-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betrauen is a German verb meaning “to entrust with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Betrauen is a different word: “gerund of betrauen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem eine Aufgabe übertragen, damit dieser sie erledigt”.
What does betrauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to entrust with
noun
- 1
neutergerund of betrauen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem eine Aufgabe übertragen, damit dieser sie erledigt 2. jemanden auf einer Position einstellen, in der er einen Aufgabenbereich zu betreuen hat
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of betrauen
- betraut present singular third-person
- betraute past
- haben auxiliary
- betrauend participle present
- betraue first-person indicative present
- betraust indicative present second-person
- betrauest second-person singular subjunctive
- betrauet plural second-person subjunctive
- betrauten first-person indicative plural
- betrautest indicative preterite second-person
- betrautet indicative plural preterite
- betrau imperative second-person singular
- habe betraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben betraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- betrau! imperative singular
- betraue! imperative singular
- betraut! imperative plural
- betraut haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is betrauen in German?
betrauen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).