Why is it die Hinterbänklerin?

Hinterbänklerin ends in -in, and most nouns ending in -in are feminine: in a German dictionary, 88% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -in
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] members of a parliament that has little influence

[1] Angehörige eines Parlaments, die wenig Einfluss hat

Examples

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Hinterbänklerin die Hinterbänklerinnen
Genitiv der Hinterbänklerin der Hinterbänklerinnen
Dativ der Hinterbänklerin den Hinterbänklerinnen
Akkusativ die Hinterbänklerin die Hinterbänklerinnen

Pronunciation

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