Why is it der Regionalligist?

Regionalligist ends in -ist, and nouns ending in -ist are masculine: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ist
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Sports club in a regional league

[1] Sportverein in einer Regionalliga

Examples

[1] The regional league lost the friendly against the Bundesliga club

[1] Der Regionalligist verlor das Freundschaftsspiel gegen den Bundesligisten.

[1] "The regional league team then trains almost under professional conditions, but the performance is still sensational" "

[1] „Der Regionalligist trainiert damals fast unter Profibedingungen, sensationell ist die Leistung dennoch.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Regionalligist die Regionalligisten
Genitiv des Regionalligisten der Regionalligisten
Dativ dem Regionalligisten den Regionalligisten
Akkusativ den Regionalligisten die Regionalligisten

Pronunciation

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