Why is it die Matinee?

Matinee ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Artistic event that takes place in the morning

[1] künstlerische Veranstaltung, die vormittags stattfindet

Examples

[1] The matinee was visited by many interested parties

[1] Die Matinee wurde von vielen Interessenten besucht.

[1] "During the rehearsal break, in which they satisfied the greed for smoke and eating, Almuth briefly went to the Matinee" "

[1] „Während der Probenpause, in der sie Rauchgier und Essverlangen befriedigten, ging Almuth kurz auf die Matinee ein.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Matinee die Matineen
Genitiv der Matinee der Matineen
Dativ der Matinee den Matineen
Akkusativ die Matinee die Matineen

Pronunciation

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