Is it der, die or das Schelle? – die Schelle, plural die Schellen

Why is it die Schelle?

Schelle ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

Sense 1

die

[1] Regional: bell

[1] regional: Glocke

[2] Regional: Electric bell

[2] regional: elektrische Klingel

[3] Device from rings or chains to attach something

[3] Vorrichtung aus Ringen oder Ketten, um etwas zu befestigen

[4] Regional, only plural, without article: Color in German card game

[4] regional, nur Plural, ohne Artikel: Farbe im deutschen Kartenspiel

[5] colloquially: slap in the face

[5] umgangssprachlich: Ohrfeige

[1] Some clamps were attached to the robe of the fool
[1] Am Gewand des Narren waren einige Schellen angebracht.

[2] "Elsa finds the name on the mailbox, but not on the Schelle"
[2] „Elsa findet den Namen auf dem Briefkasten, aber nicht auf der Schelle.“

More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[3] We have to fasten the pipe with a clamp
[3] Das Rohr müssen wir mit einer Schelle befestigen.

[4] Schellen is a trump card
[4] Schellen ist Trumpf.