Why is it das Türchen?

Türchen ends in -chen, and almost all nouns ending in -chen are neuter: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -chen
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Small door

[1] kleine Tür

Examples

[1] Advent calendars have 24 Türchenä

[1] Adventskalender haben 24 Türchen.

[1] "He pushed the door back"

[1] „Er schob das Türchen wieder zu.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Türchen die Türchen
Genitiv des Türchens der Türchen
Dativ dem Türchen den Türchen
Akkusativ das Türchen die Türchen

Pronunciation

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