German · Real conversations
How to say “Who's responsible for ...?” in German
Ask who owns or handles a task.
Wer ist für … zuständig?
Who's responsible for …?
Name the task or area clearly.
Use it in three situations
Clarifying a task
Wer ist für die Buchung zuständig?
Who's responsible for the booking?
Checking a project role
Wer ist für das Versenden der Einladungen zuständig?
Who's responsible for sending the invitations?
Planning follow-up
An wen soll ich mich wegen des Zeitplans wenden?
Who should I contact about the schedule?
What to watch for
Responsibility here concerns practical ownership, rather than automatically assigning blame.
Read the whole expression before replacing a detail. The natural wording may use a different order or construction from the English sentence.
Your turn
Imagine meetings. Say this in German: Who's responsible for sending the invitations?
Reveal a sample reply
Wer ist für das Versenden der Einladungen zuständig?
Who's responsible for sending the invitations?
Build a useful exchange
Clarify a process and agree on next steps.
This expression in other languages
A note on speaking German
Use Sie for formal address and du with people you address informally. Könnten Sie …? is a useful polite request. Keep noun capitals and the verb position shown in each complete sentence.
The examples preserve German accents and ß. Read a full sentence before replacing a detail: a subordinate clause can move the verb to the end, and case can change an article or pronoun.
