klingenden

Klingenden is a German form derived from the verb klingen, which means to sound or to ring. In modern usage, klingend is the present participle, and klingenden is one of its inflected endings when the word functions as an attributive adjective before a noun.

As an attributive adjective, klingend describes something that produces sound. The ending klingenden appears in several common declensions:

- Die klingenden Glocken (nominative plural)

- Den klingenden Ton (accusative singular masculine)

- Mit klingenden Tönen (dative plural)

These examples show how klingenden is used after definite or in some contexts after prepositions, reflecting the adjective’s weak or mixed declension patterns.

Klingenden also occurs in phrases with no article in the strong declension, especially in poetic or descriptive prose, but in everyday writing the more common forms are the ones shown above. For feminine singular or neuter forms, other endings such as klingende or klingendes are used, depending on number, case, and article.

In usage, klingenden often appears in literary or musical descriptions, where objects or sounds are characterized by their sonic qualities. It is not a separate lexical item with independent meaning beyond serving as an inflected form of the adjective derived from klingen.

Etymology traces the verb klingen to the Germanic family of languages, with cognates in related languages that express sound or ringing. The present participle klingend and its inflected forms like klingenden function within standard German grammar as modifiers, rather than as independent words.