Why is it das Qualifying?

Qualifying ends in -ing, and most nouns ending in -ing are neuter: in a German dictionary, 84% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -ing
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Meaning

[1] Motorsport: Qualification race to determine the starting line -up

[1] Motorsport: Qualifikationsrennen zur Ermittlung der Startaufstellung

Examples

[1] In qualifying, his favorite racing driver reached the fifth starting place

[1] Beim Qualifying erreichte sein Lieblingsrennfahrer den fünften Startplatz.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Qualifying die Qualifyings
Genitiv des Qualifyings der Qualifyings
Dativ dem Qualifying den Qualifyings
Akkusativ das Qualifying die Qualifyings

Pronunciation

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