adjective
early
A2
früh: adjective/adverb meaning early (timing or occurring before usual time). Comparative früher, superlative am frühesten. Gradable; antonym spät. Used as adverb without inflection (Wir kommen früh) or adjectivally before nouns (früher Morgen). No irregular stem changes. Can be temporal or modal, e.g., früh aufstehen.
Examples
Das Treffen begann früh, weil der Zug pünktlich eintraf.
The meeting started early because the train arrived on time.
Ich stehe früh auf, um zur Arbeit zu gehen.
I get up early to go to work.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a sunrise and someone getting up early to remember 'früh'.
Früh sounds like 'frooh' — think 'before the usual time'.
Notes
Spelled with an umlaut (ü); in slugs often written 'frueh'.