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