Vocabulary
klingeln
· verb
to ring (a bell, a phone); to ring the doorbell
At someone's door, or when your phone rings — „Es klingelt!“ means someone is at the door.
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Forms
- ich (also)
- ich klingele
Conjugation
- ich
- klingle
- du
- klingelst
- er/sie/es
- klingelt
- wir
- klingeln
- ihr
- klingelt
- sie/Sie
- klingeln
Perfekt hat geklingeltPräteritum klingelte
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
klingeln
to ring (a bell, a phone); to ring the doorbell
Sie geht im Schlafanzug zu seiner Tür und klingelt.
She goes to his door in her pyjamas and rings the bell.
Word family
klingelndie Klingeldoorbell, bell
Common combinations
- bei jemandem klingelnto ring someone's doorbell
- Das Telefon klingelt.The phone is ringing.
- Es klingelt.Someone's at the door.
Real examples
- Sie geht im Schlafanzug zu seiner Tür und klingelt.She goes to his door in her pyjamas and rings the bell.
- Es klingelt. Ist das die Pizza?The doorbell's ringing. Is that the pizza?
- Mein Handy klingelt die ganze Zeit.My phone keeps ringing.
