früh
German, adjective/fʁyː/
früh is spelled F-R-Ü-H (4 letters) and appears 81 times per million words in written German, the 1,064th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Früh is a German adjective meaning “early” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zeitlich am Anfang liegend, zum Beginn”.
What does früh mean in English?
adjective
- 1
early
ein früher Wintereinbruch
adverb
- 1
early
Er geht früh ins Bett.
- 2
in the morning (general in morgen früh, otherwise regional, especially Eastern Germany, Southern Germany, Austria)
morgen früh
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zeitlich am Anfang liegend, zum Beginn 2. zu einem Zeitpunkt, der vor dem erwarteten liegt
adverb: 1. in den ersten Morgenstunden, am Morgen
noun: 1. Beginn des Tages, Morgen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of früh
- früher masculine nominative singular
- am frühesten superlative
- am frühsten superlative
- frühe feminine nominative singular
- frühes neuter nominative singular
- frühen genitive masculine singular
- frühem dative masculine singular
- der frühe definite includes-article masculine
- die frühe definite feminine includes-article
- das frühe definite includes-article neuter
- die frühen definite includes-article nominative
- des frühen definite genitive includes-article
- der frühen definite feminine genitive
- dem frühen dative definite includes-article
- Frühe variant
- Frühs genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce früh?
- /fʁyː/
- [fʁ̥yː]
- [fryː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to früh
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is früh in German?
früh appears 81 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).