Why is it die Tranche?

Tranche 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] Part of a whole

[1] Teil eines Ganzen

Examples

[1] The first tranche of delivery comes morning

[1] Die erste Tranche der Lieferung kommt morgen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Tranche die Tranchen
Genitiv der Tranche der Tranchen
Dativ der Tranche den Tranchen
Akkusativ die Tranche die Tranchen

Pronunciation

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