Why is it die Gerte?

Gerte 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] thin, flexible floor

[1] dünner, biegsamer Stock

Examples

[1] With the whip he could reach the nest

[1] Mit der Gerte konnte er das Nest erreichen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Gerte die Gerten
Genitiv der Gerte der Gerten
Dativ der Gerte den Gerten
Akkusativ die Gerte die Gerten

Pronunciation

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