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to credit
To take an amount already paid or a service already performed into account in a calculation and subtract it from the total amount.
Die Vorauszahlung wird Ihnen auf die Endrechnung angerechnet.
The advance payment will be credited to your final invoice.
to give credit
To give someone recognition and respect for an action, quality, or behavior; to acknowledge something as a positive achievement.
Ich rechne es dir hoch an, dass du trotz der Schwierigkeiten nicht aufgegeben hast.
I give you a lot of credit for not giving up despite the difficulties.
to have credited
To arrange for a previous achievement or qualification to be officially recognized for something, for example a degree program or vocational training.
Für mein Studium konnte ich mir mein vorheriges Praktikum anrechnen lassen.
For my degree program, I was able to have my previous internship credited.
'Anrechnen' (to credit / recognize) is a separable verb. The prefix 'an-' goes at the end in a main clause. In subordinate clauses and in the infinitive with 'zu', the verb stays together.
Die Firma rechnet Ihnen die Reisekosten an.
The company credits you for the travel costs.
When a service or amount is taken into account, German often uses the structure: 'etwas (Akkusativ) wird jemandem (Dativ) angerechnet' (something is credited to someone). The preposition 'auf' (+ accusative) indicates what it is subtracted from.
Der Gutschein wird Ihnen auf den nächsten Einkauf angerechnet.
The voucher will be credited toward your next purchase.
To express respect for someone's action, you use the structure 'jemandem (Dativ) etwas (Akkusativ) anrechnen' (to give someone credit for something). The adverb 'hoch' intensifies the recognition. The 'etwas' is often a 'dass' clause.
Ich rechne es dir hoch an, dass du so ehrlich warst.
I give you a lot of credit for being so honest.
When you have an achievement officially recognized, you use the reflexive form 'sich (Dativ) etwas (Akkusativ) anrechnen lassen' (to have something credited/recognized). The verb 'lassen' shows that another person or institution carries out the recognition.
Du solltest versuchen, dir das Praktikum für dein Studium anrechnen zu lassen.
You should try to have the internship credited toward your degree program.
to recognize / acknowledge
A university anerkennt a previous qualification when it officially accepts it as valid. One has it credited when it is taken into account for a specific degree program or course of training, so that work already completed counts toward it.
Für ihr neues Studium lässt sie sich Leistungen aus diesem Abschluss anrechnen.
She has coursework from that degree credited toward her new program.
Die Hochschule erkennt ihren ausländischen Abschluss offiziell an.
The university officially recognizes her foreign degree.
