Why is it die Impressionistin?

Impressionistin 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] Art: Representative of the style of impressionism

[1] Kunst: Vertreterin der Stilrichtung des Impressionismus

Examples

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Impressionistin die Impressionistinnen
Genitiv der Impressionistin der Impressionistinnen
Dativ der Impressionistin den Impressionistinnen
Akkusativ die Impressionistin die Impressionistinnen

Pronunciation

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