Why is it der Kanute?

Kanute ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Kanute is an exception: der Kanute.

The other -e exceptions
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Someone who drives canoe

[1] jemand, der Kanu fährt

Examples

[1] The German canoeists were very successful at the last Olympic Games

[1] Die deutschen Kanuten waren bei den letzten olympischen Spielen sehr erfolgreich.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Kanute die Kanuten
Genitiv des Kanuten der Kanuten
Dativ dem Kanuten den Kanuten
Akkusativ den Kanuten die Kanuten

Pronunciation

In context

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