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