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Central Franconian
- freh (northern Moselle Franconian)
- fröh (most of Ripuarian)
- frööch (western Ripuarian)
Etymology
From Middle High German vrüeje, vrüe, from Old High German fruoi, from Proto-West Germanic *frō(ī) (“early”).
Adjective
frieh
- (southern Moselle Franconian) early
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German vrōwe, vrūge, vruo, from Old High German fruo, from Proto-West Germanic *frō (“early”).
Adverb
frieh
- early
2002, C. Richard Beam, Revised Pennsylvania German Dictionary, page 50:Mir sin allfatt frieh ins Bett gange.- We always went to bed early.