procent

Danish

Etymology

From German Prozent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʁ̥oˈsɛnˀd̥]

Noun

procent c (singular definite procenten, plural indefinite procenter)

1. percent

Inflection

Declension of procent

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	procent	procenten	procenter	procenterne
genitive	procents	procentens	procenters	procenternes

Following a number, numeral or other quantity specification:

Declension of procent

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	procent	procenten	procent	procenterne
genitive	procents	procentens	procents	procenternes

See also

• promille

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

procent n (plural procenten, diminutive procentje n)

1. percent

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: persèn, prosèn
• → Indonesian: prosen

See also

• promille

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• procãt (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish procent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.t͡sɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɛnt
• Syllabification: pro‧cent

Noun

procent m inan

1. percent (one part per hundred; one percent, represented with the symbol %)

   Synonym: rińta

2. (banking) percent (annuity or security with a certain fixed and guaranteed annual percentage rate of return or percentage dividend)

   Synonym: rińta

3. percent (percentage, a proportion, especially per hundred)

   Synonym: rińta

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “procąt”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 161
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “procent”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2], volume 2, page 628
• “procent”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

Verb

procent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of procō

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prozent. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.t͡sɛnt/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.t͡sent/, /ˈprɔ.t͡sɛ̃t/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɛnt
• Syllabification: pro‧cent

Noun

procent m inan (diminutive procencik, related adjective procentowy, abbreviation proc.)

1. (finance, mathematics) percent (one part per hundred; one percent, represented with the symbol %)

   Synonym: odsetek

2. (banking) percent (annuity or security with a certain fixed and guaranteed annual percentage rate of return or percentage dividend)

   Synonym: oprocentowanie

3. percent (percentage, a proportion, especially per hundred)

Declension

Declension of procent

	singular	plural
nominative	procent	procenty
genitive	procenta/procentu	procentów
dative	procentowi	procentom
accusative	procent	procenty
instrumental	procentem	procentami
locative	procencie	procentach
vocative	procencie	procenty

Derived terms

adverbs

• na sto procent

 

Related terms

adjectives

• bezprocentowy
• procentowy

 

adverbs

• bezprocentowo
• procentowo

 

Descendants

• → Kashubian: procent

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), procent is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 58 times in scientific texts, 79 times in news, 153 times in essays, 3 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 295 times, making it the 803rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• procent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• procent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “procent”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “procent”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1005

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prozent.

Noun

procent n (plural procente)

1. percent

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	procent	procentul		procente	procentele
genitive-dative	procent	procentului		procente	procentelor
vocative	procentule			procentelor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pròcenat

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prozent, ultimately from Latin per centum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒt͡sent/
• Hyphenation: pro‧cent

Noun

pròcent m (Cyrillic spelling про̀цент)

1. percent
2. percentage

Declension

Declension of procent

	singular	plural
nominative	pròcent	procenti
genitive	procenta	pròcenātā
dative	procentu	procentima
accusative	procent	procente
vocative	procente	procenti
locative	procentu	procentima
instrumental	procentom	procentima

See also

• posto

References

• “procent”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prʊˈsɛnt/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

procent c

1. percent

   Synonym: hundradel

Declension

Declension of procent

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	procent	procents
	definite	procenten	procentens
plural	indefinite	procent	procents
	definite	procenten	procentens

Derived terms

• felprocent
• procentandel
• procentare
• procentenhet
• procenthalt
• -procentig
• procentpåslag
• procenträkning
• procentsats
• procentsiffra
• procenttal
• procentuell
• svarsprocent

 

References

• procent in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• procent in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• procent in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)