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business trip
A trip that a person takes for professional reasons on behalf of their employer. The costs are usually covered by the company.
Nächste Woche bin ich auf Dienstreise in Berlin und kann daher nicht am Meeting teilnehmen.
Next week I will be on a business trip in Berlin and therefore cannot take part in the meeting.
'Dienstreise' (business trip) is a compound noun made from 'der Dienst' (work, service) and 'die Reise' (trip). So it literally describes a trip that you make for your service or work.
Meine erste Dienstreise als Beraterin führte mich nach Hamburg.
My first business trip as a consultant took me to Hamburg.
The most common preposition is 'auf'. It is used both for the state ('auf Dienstreise sein' — to be on a business trip) and for movement ('auf Dienstreise gehen' — to go on a business trip). Often no article is used.
Mein Chef ist diese Woche auf Dienstreise in der Schweiz.
My boss is on a business trip in Switzerland this week.
In a professional context, 'Dienstreise' (business trip) is often combined with administrative verbs. Typical phrases are 'eine Dienstreise antreten' (to set off on a business trip), 'eine Dienstreise genehmigen' (to approve a business trip), or 'eine Dienstreise abrechnen' (to settle the expenses for a business trip).
Nach der Konferenz müssen Sie Ihre Dienstreise beim Sekretariat abrechnen.
After the conference, you need to settle the expenses for your business trip with the secretariat.
field service
Außendienst refers to professional work carried out outside the company. A Dienstreise, by contrast, is the business trip itself, undertaken for professional reasons. Someone who travels to another city to visit a customer is taking a Dienstreise and may work in Außendienst there.
Für den Besuch bei diesem Kunden macht Lara heute eine Dienstreise nach Köln.
Lara is taking a business trip to Cologne today to visit this customer.
Beim Kunden vor Ort übernimmt Lara heute den Außendienst.
Lara is working in field service at the customer's site today.
