Is it der, die or das Clique? – die Clique, plural die Cliquen

Why is it die Clique?

Clique ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

Sense 1

die

[1] Informal group of friends, mostly young people

[1] informelle Gruppe befreundeter, meist junger Leute

[2] Designing: Closed group of people who attempted to gain advantages and to pursue their interests

[2] abwertend: geschlossene Gruppe von Personen, die gemeinsam versucht, sich Vorteile zu verschaffen und ihre Interessen zu verfolgen

[1] In my youth we were traveling with the clique every Friday evening
[1] In meiner Jugend waren wir jeden Freitagabend mit der Clique unterwegs.

[1] "And with us in the clique there was actually only a law" "
[1] „Und bei uns in der Clique gab es eigentlich nur ein Gesetz.“

More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The clique was his starting point in the evening and on the weekend" "
[1] „Die Clique war sein Anlaufpunkt abends und an den Wochenenden.“

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