Why is it die Dresdnerin?

Dresdnerin ends in -in, and most nouns ending in -in are feminine: in a German dictionary, 88% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -in
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Female born in Dresden or who lives there in the long run

[1] in Dresden geborene oder dort auf Dauer lebende weibliche Person

Examples

Ole

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Dresdnerin die Dresdnerinnen
Genitiv der Dresdnerin der Dresdnerinnen
Dativ der Dresdnerin den Dresdnerinnen
Akkusativ die Dresdnerin die Dresdnerinnen

Pronunciation

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