noun
percent, percent sign
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Percent (%) means percent or percent sign, indicating parts per hundred after numerals. Treated here as a neuter noun (das %) with an invariant plural (%) in this dataset. It is usually read aloud as 'Prozent' in German and functions more like a symbol than an ordinary count noun in usage.
Examples
Bitte schreibe das Prozentzeichen neben dem Wert.
Please write the percent sign next to the value.
Das Angebot zeigt 20% Rabatt an.
The offer shows a 20% discount.
Wegen des Zeichens % auf dem Formular wurde die Erklärungsseite ergänzt, weil viele Leser das Prozent nicht richtig zuordnen konnten.
Because of the symbol % on the form, an explanatory page was added since many readers could not correctly interpret the percent.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine the % sign stamped on a price tag
sounds like 'per-cent' in English
Think 'das Zeichen' (neuter) — many '-zeichen' words in German are das
Notes
This symbol is usually read as 'Prozent' in spoken German (e.g., 'zwanzig Prozent'). When naming the symbol itself, German speakers may also say 'Prozentzeichen'.