Why is it die Jenaerin?

Jenaerin 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] Female born in Jena or who lives there in the long run

[1] in Jena geborene oder dort auf Dauer lebende weibliche Person

Examples

[1] My neighbor is a native of Jena Sereal

[1] Meine Wohnungsnachbarin ist eine gebürtige Jenaerin.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Jenaerin die Jenaerinnen
Genitiv der Jenaerin der Jenaerinnen
Dativ der Jenaerin den Jenaerinnen
Akkusativ die Jenaerin die Jenaerinnen

Pronunciation

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