Polyglot Dictionary

früher

/ˈfʁyːɐ̯/

adverb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. earlier; in the past, back then

    Beyond just "earlier today," früher commonly means "in earlier times" generally — "Früher gab es kein Internet" (Back then there was no internet).

    • Früher war alles anders.

      Things were different back then.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

antes

Close — earlier, in the past relates to before.

Practice

1 What does früher mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ war alles anders.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches früher?

Opposites

  • später
adverbcore-vocabularytime

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