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Prozent
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German
Alternative forms
de Perzent
de Percent per Centum per Cento obsolete
de Procent pro Cent pro Centum pro Cento pro cento obsolete
de Prct. pCt. prCt. abbreviation obsolete
de %
Etymology
de :bor it:per cento
de it per cento, from la per through, by and la centum hundred, modified by the influence of la pro for or de pro.
Pronunciation
de /pʁoˈt͡sɛnt/
de De-Prozent.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,(e)s
percent
de Hundertstel vom Hundert von Hundert
de 2010 w:Der Spiegel http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/index-2010-2.html 2/2010 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
n,(e)s
Derived terms
de -prozentig prozentisch prozentual prozentualiter prozentuell Prozentpunkt Prozentsatz Prozentwert
Related terms
de Promille
de Permille
Descendants
ko 프로 1
pl procent 1
szl procynt 1
ru проце́нт 1
sh про̀цент 1
Further reading
de
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Prozént
Noun
m
percent
Further reading