Klingelnden

Klingelnden is the present participle of the German verb klingeln, meaning to ring or chime. It is used primarily as an attributive adjective to describe sounds produced by bells, phones, alarms, and similar devices, and it denotes ongoing or characteristic ringing.

As an attributive adjective, klingelnden agrees with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case. Examples: der klingelnde Wecker (the ringing alarm clock), die klingelnde Glocke (the ringing bell), das klingelnde Telefon (the ringing phone). In plural or different cases the endings change accordingly: die klingelnden Telefone, mit klingelnden Glöckchen, etc. The form klingelnden is the strong inflection appropriate for many common configurations, such as masculine plural in the dative or feminine/neuter plural, depending on the sentence structure.

Predicative use of the participle is rare in everyday German; descriptions of ringing are typically rendered with the finite verb: der Wecker klingelt (the alarm clock is ringing). When used in a participial phrase, klingelnden is part of a larger construction rather than a standalone predicate.

Etymology and related terms: klingeln derives from the same root as klingel- in German for bell sounds and is related to terms such as Klingel, Klingelton (the sound of a doorbell or a phone ringtone). The present participle form can interact with various nouns that denote devices or sounds capable of ringing.

In summary, klingelnden serves as a descriptive, attributive form of klingeln to convey ongoing ringing, with endings that adapt to the noun it modifies.