frühen

frühen

"Frühen" means "early" (used as an adjective in the dative plural or genitive singular form).

The word 'frühen' acts again as an adjective, this time describing the decade '1960er Jahren' to specify the time as early in the decade.

In den frühen 1960er Jahren gab es viele kulturelle Veränderungen.

In the early 1960s, there were many cultural changes.

Here, 'früheren' is an inflected form of the comparative adjective 'früh', describing 'Ankunft' (arrival) as something which occurred earlier than another reference point.

Dank meiner früheren Ankunft konnte ich den besten Platz sichern.

Thanks to my earlier arrival, I could secure the best spot.

Here, 'frühen' is used as an adjective describing 'Morgenstunden' (morning hours), specifying they are early.

Die frühen Morgenstunden fühlten sich kühl an.

The early morning hours felt cool.