Why is it die Elektrik?

Elektrik ends in -ik, and almost all nouns ending in -ik are feminine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ik
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] entirety of the facilities of a vehicle operated by electricity, Hausesä ..

[1] Gesamtheit der durch Strom betriebenen Einrichtungen eines Fahrzeugs, Hauses...

[2] Without plural: Teaching of electricity

[2] ohne Plural: Lehre von der Elektrizität

Examples

[1] "Ali repaired her cars, took care of the electrics, assembled new airbags in their limousine" "

[1] „Ali reparierte ihre Autos, kümmerte sich um die Elektrik, montierte neue Airbags in ihre Limousinen.“

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Elektrik die Elektriken
Genitiv der Elektrik der Elektriken
Dativ der Elektrik den Elektriken
Akkusativ die Elektrik die Elektriken

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