Why is it die Gallenblase?

Gallenblase ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Anatomy: organ that contains the bile

[1] Anatomie: Organ, das die Galle enthält

Examples

[1] My father has an inflamed gallbladder.

[1] Mein Vater hat eine entzündete Gallenblase.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Gallenblase die Gallenblasen
Genitiv der Gallenblase der Gallenblasen
Dativ der Gallenblase den Gallenblasen
Akkusativ die Gallenblase die Gallenblasen

Pronunciation

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