Why is it der Horror?

Horror ends in -or, and almost all nouns ending in -or are masculine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -or
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] From experience born terror, shudder

[1] aus Erfahrung geborener Schrecken, Schauder

[2] Condition that is caused by somewhat frightening or showering

[2] Zustand, der durch etwas Erschreckendes oder Erschauderndes hervorgerufen wird

Examples

[1] Since it was attacked once, he has a horror in front of free dogs

[1] Seit er einmal angegriffen wurde, hat er einen Horror vor frei laufenden Hunden.

[2] This is the purest horror

[2] Das ist der reinste Horror.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Horror —
Genitiv des Horrors —
Dativ dem Horror —
Akkusativ den Horror —

Pronunciation

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