Why is it die Luxemburgerin?

Luxemburgerin 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] Citizen of Luxembourg

[1] Staatsbürgerin von Luxemburg

Examples

[1] The Luxembourgian Viviane Reding has been EU judicial commissioner since 2010

[1] Die Luxemburgerin Viviane Reding ist seit 2010 EU-Justizkommissarin.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Luxemburgerin die Luxemburgerinnen
Genitiv der Luxemburgerin der Luxemburgerinnen
Dativ der Luxemburgerin den Luxemburgerinnen
Akkusativ die Luxemburgerin die Luxemburgerinnen

Pronunciation

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