Why is it der Haber?

Haber ends in -er, and most nouns ending in -er are masculine: in a German dictionary, 86% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -er
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Cereal species, which has loosely spread out or to the side of the side

[1] Getreideart, die über locker ausgebreitete oder zur Seite ausgerichtete Rispen verfügt

[2] Fruit of the plant under [1]

[2] Frucht der Pflanze unter [1]

Examples

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Haber —
Genitiv des Habers —
Dativ dem Haber —
Akkusativ den Haber —

Pronunciation

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