tidig

Tidigt (often used as the root form "tidig") is a Swedish adjective/adverb meaning "early."

Definition:

• Tidigt (adjective/adverb): Refers to something happening or occurring near the beginning of a certain period of time, or sooner than usual or expected.

Example in a sentence:

• Adjective: Jag gick upp tidigt imorse.
  I got up early this morning.

• Adverb: Hon kom tidigt till mötet.
  She arrived early at the meeting.

Related Words:

• Förtidig: Means "premature" or "too early," often used to describe something happening before the expected or appropriate time, e.g., a "premature birth" (förtidig födsel).
• Tidigare: Means "earlier" but refers more specifically to "before" in time or previously rather than the sense of soon after a starting point like "tidig."

Summary:

• Tidigt = early in a general sense (adjective or adverb)
• Förtidig = prematurely, too early in an undesirable or technical sense
• Tidigare = earlier (comparing times)