Why is it die Komik?

Komik ends in -ik, and almost all nouns ending in -ik are feminine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ik
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Situation or action with a strange effect that should cause laughter

[1] Situation oder Handlung mit komischer Wirkung, die Lachen hervorrufen soll

Examples

[1] The comedy of the clown brought him heartily to the laughter

[1] Die Komik des Clowns brachte ihn herzhaft zum Lachen.

[1] "His deep -seat laziness was sometimes accompanied by involuntary comedy"

[1] „Seine tiefsitzende Faulheit war zuweilen von unfreiwilliger Komik begleitet.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The comedy of the fluctuation is developed in vivid pictures"

[1] „Die Komik des Schwankes wird in anschaulichen Bildern entwickelt.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Komik —
Genitiv der Komik —
Dativ der Komik —
Akkusativ die Komik —

Pronunciation

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