Frühe

• Früh (southern, see usage notes below)

From Late Middle High German früe (15th century), older *vrüeje, from Old High German fruoī, derived from Proto-West Germanic *frō (“early”). By surface analysis, früh +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfryːə/, [ˈfʁyː.ə], [ˈfryː.ə], (chiefly southern also) [-e], (Austria also) [-ɛ]

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• Hyphenation: Frü‧he
• Homophone: frühe

Frühe f (genitive Frühe, no plural)

1. (Southern Germany, Austria, otherwise rare or higher register) morning

   Synonym: Morgen

2. (rare, chiefly nonce word) earliness, quality or state of being early

• In northern and central Germany, this word is uncommon outside the expression in aller Frühe (“early in the morning”), although even this is far less common than am frühen Morgen / früh am Morgen. In said expression, the form Frühe is significantly more frequent than apocopated Früh. Otherwise, however, because of the southern nature of the word as such, the variant Früh is quite common, and even predominant in the expression in der Früh(e) (“in the morning”).

• Herrgottsfrühe

• in aller Frühe

• “Frühe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Frühe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Frühe” in Duden online
• “Frühe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.