früh
Meaning in English: early
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Morgen muss ich ganz früh aufstehen.
Tomorrow I have to get up really early.
Forms of früh in the top 5,000
These forms of früh are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Wir sind am frühen Morgen losgefahren.
We set off early in the morning.
Die frühe Abfahrt hat sich gelohnt.
Leaving early paid off.
How common is früh?
früh is number 1,443 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 64 times per million words — about once every 16,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 68% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Related words in the list
Words built on früh:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,439wolltenwanted
- 1,440zunehmendincreasingly
- 1,441findefind, think
- 1,442das Modellmodel
- 1,443frühearly
- 1,444gefahrendriven, gone (by vehicle)
- 1,445die Voraussetzungrequirement, prerequisite
- 1,446übrigensby the way
- 1,447angekündigtannounced
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,443
- The most common German adjectives#201
- German A1 vocabulary#437
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.