German
Der Baum ist wichtig.
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Baum uses the German article der. It is a masculine noun meaning Tree.
Read the noun as a complete article phrase, then say the sentence out loud.
Der Baum ist wichtig.
The article phrase is der Baum. The plural form is Bäume.
Pattern
Use der for masculine German nouns. Article patterns are useful signals, but they are not perfect rules. The practical method is to review each noun together with its article.