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to benefit
To be advantageous or useful for someone or something. It means that a situation or action has positive effects.
Die großzügige Spende wird den Kindern im Krankenhaus zugutekommen.
The generous donation will benefit the children in the hospital.
to take credit
To credit oneself with a merit or positive quality. One is proud of having done or achieved something specific.
Er konnte sich zugutehalten, die Firma vor dem Ruin bewahrt zu haben.
He could take credit for having saved the company from ruin.
The word 'zugute' is almost never used on its own. It is a fixed component of the separable verbs 'zugutekommen' (to benefit) and 'sich etwas zugutehalten' (to take credit for something).
Die Erfahrung aus dem Praktikum wird dir im Studium zugutekommen.
The experience from the internship will benefit you in your studies.
You can think of the word as 'zu Gute' (for the good). Something comes to someone 'zu Gute', meaning to their advantage. This origin helps you understand the positive meaning.
Die neue Straße kommt vor allem den Pendlern zugute.
The new road primarily benefits commuters.
With 'zugutekommen' (to benefit), the person or thing receiving the benefit is always in the dative. The thing that brings the benefit is the subject of the sentence.
Die längeren Öffnungszeiten kommen den Berufstätigen zugute.
The longer opening hours benefit working people.
The expression 'sich etwas zugutehalten' (to take credit for something) is reflexive. The reflexive pronoun 'sich' is in the dative, and what one credits oneself with is in the accusative.
Sie kann sich zugutehalten, das Projekt allein abgeschlossen zu haben.
She can take credit for having completed the project on her own.
