No. 41 in German
prozent
"Prozent" means "percent" in English.
In a sentence
Die Erfolgswahrscheinlichkeit beträgt 90 Prozent.
The probability of success is 90 percent.
'Prozent' here is used as the unit to express a percentage value.
Er ist zu hundert Prozent sicher.
He is one hundred percent sure.
'Prozent' is used idiomatically to emphasize complete certainty.
Nur zehn Prozent der Befragten haben die Umfrage ausgefüllt.
Only ten percent of the respondents completed the survey.
'Prozent' signifies a proportion of a total group.
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