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