Why is it die Pharmazeutik?

Pharmazeutik ends in -ik, and almost all nouns ending in -ik are feminine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ik
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Science that deals with the effect and manufacture of medication

[1] Wissenschaft, die sich mit der Wirkung und Herstellung von Medikamenten befasst

Examples

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Pharmazeutik —
Genitiv der Pharmazeutik —
Dativ der Pharmazeutik —
Akkusativ die Pharmazeutik —

Pronunciation

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