Why is it der Consultant?

Consultant ends in -ant, and almost all nouns ending in -ant are masculine: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ant
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Male passenger advisors

[1] männliche Person; Berater

Examples

[1]

[1]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Consultant die Consultants
Genitiv des Consultants der Consultants
Dativ dem Consultant den Consultants
Akkusativ den Consultant die Consultants
Sense 2
die

Meaning

[1] Female personal advisor

[1] weibliche Person; Beraterin

Examples

[1]

[1]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Consultant die Consultants
Genitiv der Consultant der Consultants
Dativ der Consultant den Consultants
Akkusativ die Consultant die Consultants

Pronunciation

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