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