Why is it die Galeristin?

Galeristin 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 person who operates an art gallery

[1] weibliche Person, die eine Kunstgalerie betreibt

Examples

[1] The gallery owner sold eleven paintings this month

[1] Die Galeristin hat in diesem Monat elf Gemälde verkauft.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Galeristin die Galeristinnen
Genitiv der Galeristin der Galeristinnen
Dativ der Galeristin den Galeristinnen
Akkusativ die Galeristin die Galeristinnen

Pronunciation

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