Why is it die Spree?

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

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] A river in Germany

[1] ein Fluss in Deutschland

Examples

[1] The Spree flows through Berlin

[1] Die Spree fließt durch Berlin.

Declension

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

Pronunciation

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