Why is it die Ministerin?

Ministerin 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] Politics: Head of a Ministry

[1] Politik: Leiterin eines Ministeriums

Examples

[1] The minister made a very decent impression in her speech

[1] Die Ministerin hat in ihrer Rede einen sehr ordentlichen Eindruck gemacht.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Ministerin die Ministerinnen
Genitiv der Ministerin der Ministerinnen
Dativ der Ministerin den Ministerinnen
Akkusativ die Ministerin die Ministerinnen

Pronunciation

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