Prozent
German
editAlternative forms
edit- Perzent
- Percent, per Centum, per Cento (obsolete)
- Procent, pro Cent, pro Centum, pro Cento, pro cento (obsolete)
- Prct., pCt., prCt. (abbreviation, obsolete)
- %
Etymology
editBorrowed from Italian per cento, from Latin per (“through, by”) and centum (“hundred”), modified by the influence of Latin pro (“for”) or German pro.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editProzent n (strong, genitive Prozentes or Prozents, plural Prozente)
- 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
editThe 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
editDeclension of Prozent [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “Prozent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Prozent” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Prozent” in Duden online
- Prozent on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
editPronunciation
editNoun
editProzent m
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