Why is it der Kosovare?

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

The other -e exceptions
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Residents of Kosovo

[1] Bewohner des Kosovo

Examples

[1] "I have two children, man," says the 36-year-old native Kosovare in front of the Maida Center polling station in the Westminster Northest constituency "If the other parties get there, shorten child benefit."

[1] "Ich habe zwei Kinder, Mann", sagt der 36-jährige gebürtige Kosovare vor dem Wahllokal Maida Centre im Wahlkreis Westminster North. "Wenn die anderen Parteien drankommen, kürzen sie mir das Kindergeld."

Grammar note

The term Kosovare is also Kosovo-Albaner regardless of the ethnic belonging.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Kosovare die Kosovaren
Genitiv des Kosovaren der Kosovaren
Dativ dem Kosovaren den Kosovaren
Akkusativ den Kosovaren die Kosovaren

Pronunciation

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