Why is it der Gote?

Gote ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Gote is an exception: der Gote.

The other -e exceptions
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Members of the Germanic People of the Goths

[1] Angehöriger des germanischen Volks der Goten

Examples

[1] Theoderich the big one was a well -known Gotee

[1] Theoderich der Große war ein bekannter Gote.

[1] "The Gote now preferred to learn the world language Latine"

[1] „Der Gote lernte nun lieber die Weltsprache Latein.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "However, according to the Eastern Roman historian Prokop, the island was the subject of negotiations that Justinian's general Belisar leads with the Goths Totila"

[1] „Jedoch war laut dem oströmischen Historiker Prokop die Insel Gegenstand von Verhandlungen, die Justinians Feldherr Belisar mit dem Goten Totila führte.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Gote die Goten
Genitiv des Goten der Goten
Dativ dem Goten den Goten
Akkusativ den Goten die Goten

Pronunciation

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