Why is it die Kolonialherrin?

Kolonialherrin 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 member of the country that dominates a colony

[1] weibliches Mitglied des Landes, das eine Kolonie beherrscht

Examples

[1] "The unconventional colonial mistress brought snake skins from animals that Bror had shot"

[1] „Die unkonventionelle Kolonialherrin brachte Schlangenhäute mit, von Tieren, die Bror geschossen hatte.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Kolonialherrin die Kolonialherrinnen
Genitiv der Kolonialherrin der Kolonialherrinnen
Dativ der Kolonialherrin den Kolonialherrinnen
Akkusativ die Kolonialherrin die Kolonialherrinnen

Pronunciation

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