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