Why is it der Elevator?

Elevator ends in -or, and almost all nouns ending in -or are masculine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -or
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Means of transport for transporting and removing

[1] Transportmittel zum Auf- und Abtransportieren

[2] Machine for continuing transportation of goods

[2] Maschine zur anhaltenden Beförderung von Gütern

Examples

[1] "He had gone through the heavy iron door into the interior of the hall to drive to the top floor" to drive the elevator to the top floor "

[1] „Dabei war er Dutzende Male durch die schwere Eisentür ins Innere der Halle gelangt, um mit dem Elevator in den obersten Stock zu fahren.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Elevator die Elevatoren
Genitiv des Elevators der Elevatoren
Dativ dem Elevator den Elevatoren
Akkusativ den Elevator die Elevatoren

Pronunciation

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