drumherum
German, adverb
drumherum is spelled D-R-U-M-H-E-R-U-M (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drumherum is a German adverb meaning “around, all around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Drumherum is a different word: “something that accompanies something, surroundings, dealings, extras…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “rings um etwas herum”.
What does drumherum mean in English?
adverb
- 1
informalaround, all around
in Frankfurt und drumherum
noun
- 1
neutersomething that accompanies something, surroundings, dealings, extras, sideshow
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. rings um etwas herum
noun: 1. alles, was sich um etwas Bestimmtes herum befindet oder tut
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of drumherum
- Drumherums genitive
- drumrum alternative
- darumherum variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is drumherum in German?
drumherum appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).