Why is it der Landesligist?

Landesligist ends in -ist, and nouns ending in -ist are masculine: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ist
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Sports club in a Landesliga

[1] Sportverein in einer Landesliga

Examples

[1] The national league team won the friendly against the district league club

[1] Der Landesligist gewann das Freundschaftsspiel gegen den Kreisligisten.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Landesligist die Landesligisten
Genitiv des Landesligisten der Landesligisten
Dativ dem Landesligisten den Landesligisten
Akkusativ den Landesligisten die Landesligisten

Pronunciation

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