ringde

In a sentence

• Jag ringde min vän igår.

  I called my friend yesterday.

  Here 'ringde' is used as the past tense of 'ringa' meaning 'to call'.

• Klockan ringde tidigt i morse.

  The clock rang early this morning.

  Here 'ringde' refers to the past action of a clock or alarm making a ringing sound.

• Hon ringde för att ge oss en uppdatering.

  She called to give us an update.

  In this context, 'ringde' communicates the action of making a phone call in the past.