German
Der Finger ist wichtig.
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Finger uses the German article der. It is a masculine noun meaning Finger.
Read the noun as a complete article phrase, then say the sentence out loud.
Der Finger ist wichtig.
The article phrase is der Finger. The plural form is Finger.
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.