Prozent

German

Alternative forms

  • Perzent
  • Percent, per Centum, per Cento (obsolete)
  • Procent, pro Cent, pro Centum, pro Cento, pro cento (obsolete)
  • Prct., pCt., prCt. (abbreviation, obsolete)
  • %

Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian per cento, from Latin per (through, by) and centum (hundred), modified by the influence of Latin pro (for) or German pro.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pʁoˈt͡sɛnt/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Prozent n (strong, genitive Prozentes or Prozents, plural Prozente)

    1. percent
      Synonyms: Hundertstel, vom Hundert, von Hundert
      • 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 2/2010, page 125:
        Kohlendioxid trägt durch seine Menge mehr als jedes andere Treibhausgas zum Klimawandel bei, doch seine Konzentration in der Luft beträgt weniger als 0,04 Prozent.
        Carbon dioxide contributes by its amount more than any other greenhouse gas to climate change, but its concentration in the air is less than 0.04 percent.

    Usage notes

    The plural Prozente is only used to mean different percent values or percentages: „Was sind die genauen Prozente für A und B?“ "What are the exact percentages of A and B?" Otherwise, like in English, the singular is used: fünfzig Prozent "fifty percent".

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    Descendants

    Further reading

    Hunsrik

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /proˈt͡sɛnt/
    • Rhymes: -ɛnt
    • Syllabification: Pro‧zent

    Noun

    Prozent m

    1. percent

    Further reading

    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Prozent”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch