Why is it der Kenianer?

Kenianer ends in -er, and most nouns ending in -er are masculine: in a German dictionary, 86% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -er
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Citizens of Kenya

[1] Staatsbürger von Kenia

Examples

[1] The Kenyans usually dominate in long -distance runs

[1] Die Kenianer dominieren meist bei Langstreckenläufen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Kenianer die Kenianer
Genitiv des Kenianers der Kenianer
Dativ dem Kenianer den Kenianern
Akkusativ den Kenianer die Kenianer

Pronunciation

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