Why is it der Prater?

Prater ends in -er, and most nouns ending in -er are masculine: in a German dictionary, 86% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -er
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Local recreation area in Vienna

[1] Naherholungsgebiet in Wien

Examples

[1] The Prater is considered a green oasis in the middle of the big city of Wienä

[1] Der Prater gilt als Grünoase inmitten der Großstadt Wien.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Prater —
Genitiv des Praters —
Dativ dem Prater —
Akkusativ den Prater —

Pronunciation

In context

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