rum
German, adverb
rum is spelled R-U-M (3 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written German, the 1,735th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rum is a German adverb meaning “alternative form of herum (“around”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rum is a different word: “rum”. On this page, rum. is a different word: “abbreviation of rumänisch (“Romanian”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “herum”.
What does rum mean in English?
adverb
- 1
colloquialalternative form of herum (“around”)
noun
- 1
masculinerum
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of rumänisch (“Romanian”)
prefix
- 1
colloquialalternative form of herum-
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aus Zuckerrohr, Melasse oder Saft durch Vergärung und Destillation gewonnener hochprozentiger Branntwein, der teilweise mit Karamellzucker gefärbt wird
adverb: 1. herum
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 rum
- Rums genitive
- Rume nominative plural
- Rumen dative plural
- [1] ’rum alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rum in German?
rum appears 49 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).