Why is it der Gratulant?

Gratulant ends in -ant, and almost all nouns ending in -ant are masculine: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ant
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Person who speaks to someone (a examination, for a birthday) his congratulations

[1] Person, die jemandem zu etwas (einer Prüfung, zum Geburtstag) seine Glückwünsche ausspricht

Examples

[1] There were many well -wishers who gave them all lucky wishes for their golden wedding

[1] Es kamen viele Gratulanten, die ihnen zu ihrer Goldenen Hochzeit alles Glück wünschten.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Gratulant die Gratulanten
Genitiv des Gratulanten der Gratulanten
Dativ dem Gratulanten den Gratulanten
Akkusativ den Gratulanten die Gratulanten

Pronunciation

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