százalékát

Százalékát is a form of the Hungarian noun százalék, meaning percentage or percent. It translates roughly to “its percentage” or “the percentage of X” in English and is used when the sentence refers to the portion of a whole that belongs to or affects a specific subject. In Hungarian, százalék denotes a portion out of 100 and is commonly used with numbers to express rates of occurrence, incidence, or share.

The form százalékát specifically marks a third-person possessive relationship and is typically employed in clauses that indicate the percentage pertaining to a particular group, category, or item, for example az érintettek százalékát (the percentage of those affected). It appears frequently in statistical, economic, sociological, and journalistic contexts where data are described in terms of proportions.

The term is closely related to the base unit százalék, which can be combined with numerals to express concrete percentages, such as öt százalék (five percent) or huszonöt százalék (twenty-five percent). The possessive form százalékát does not change the numerical value but clarifies to whom or what the percentage relates within a sentence.

Etymology: százalék is a compound derived from száz (hundred) and a suffix indicating a portion or share; százalékát is the corresponding possessive form used in Hungarian syntax to denote ownership or relevance of the percentage.

See also: percentage, percentage point, percent sign.