Example: Je kunt ergens voordeel van hebben als je goed oplet.
Definition
"Ergens voordeel van hebben" means to gain an advantage or benefit from a particular situation or circumstance. It describes the act of deriving some positive outcome or profit by being attentive or making use of opportunities presented by that situation.
The phrase "ergens voordeel van hebben" comes from Dutch, where 'ergens' means 'somewhere' or 'from somewhere,' 'voordeel' means 'advantage' or 'benefit,' and 'hebben' means 'to have.' Combining these, it literally means 'to have advantage from somewhere,' reflecting the idea of gaining benefit from a certain source.
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"Ergens voordeel van hebben" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (A2) - set 1", containing 106 commonly used expressions.
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to benefit from