geklungen

Ge klungen is not a standard Dutch past participle. In modern Dutch the verb klinken takes geklonken as its past participle, used with hebben or, in some constructions, with zijn. The form geklungen is commonly regarded as nonstandard and is often attributed to confusion with German, where geklungen is the past participle of klingen. Because of this, geklungen has no official status in contemporary Dutch.

The appearance of geklungen can occur in dialect writing, historical texts, or as a mistaken transfer from Germanic usage. In standard, formal contexts the recommended form is geklonken. Some writers may use nonstandard forms for poetic effect or to imitate other languages, but such uses are considered incorrect in normative Dutch.

Usage notes and examples:

- Het geluid heeft geklonken door de zaal. (The sound has resounded through the hall.)

- Toen de muziek stopte, klonken de stemmen zachtjes nog na. (When the music stopped, the voices still echoed softly.)

In summary, geklungen is generally regarded as an improper or nonstandard form in Dutch. For correct language use, prefer geklonken when forming perfect tenses with klinken, and use klonk/klonken for the simple past in appropriate contexts. See also klinken (Dutch verb) for related information on the conjugation and usage of the verb.