Is it der, die or das Kinderchor? – der Kinderchor, plural die Kinderchöre

Why is it der Kinderchor?

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

Sense 1

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[1] Music: Choir that consists only of children

[1] Musik: Chor, der nur aus Kindern besteht

[1] She has been singing in a children's choir for a year
[1] Seit einem Jahr singt sie in einem Kinderchor.

1	Singular	Plural
Nominativ	der Kinderchor	die Kinderchöre
Genitiv	des Kinderchores des Kinderchors	der Kinderchöre
Dativ	dem Kinderchor dem Kinderchore	den Kinderchören
Akkusativ	den Kinderchor	die Kinderchöre

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