ringde

ringde

"Ringde" means "called" (past tense of "call" by phone).

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

Jag ringde min vän igår.

I called my friend yesterday.

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

Klockan ringde tidigt i morse.

The clock rang early this morning.

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

Hon ringde för att ge oss en uppdatering.

She called to give us an update.