befassen

== German == === Etymology === be- +‎ fassen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈfasn̩/ Hyphenation: be‧fas‧sen === Verb === befassen (weak, third-person singular present befasst, past tense befasste, past participle befasst, auxiliary haben) (reflexive, with preposition: mit) to attend to, to deal with, to engage oneself in, to delve into Synonyms: beschäftigen, auseinandersetzen (transitive, officialese) to give someone the task to deal with something Synonym: betrauen Article 259 II Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: (regional or rare, transitive) to touch Synonym: anfassen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Befasser, Befassung ==== Related terms ==== Befassen befassend, befasst verfassen, erfassen abfassen, anfassen, auffassen, einfassen, umfassen, unterfassen === Further reading === “befassen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “befassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “befassen” in Duden online “befassen” in OpenThesaurus.de