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

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): [pʁoˈtsɛnt]
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Noun

Prozent n (genitive Prozents or Prozentes, plural Prozente)

  1. percent
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 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".

Declension
Declension of Prozent
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Prozent die Prozente
genitive eines des Prozentes,
Prozents		 der Prozente
dative einem dem Prozent,
Prozente1		 den Prozenten
accusative ein das Prozent die Prozente
1Now uncommon, see notes

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