No. 926 in Swedish
ringde
"Ringde" means "called" (past tense of "call" by phone).
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.
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