Why is it das Drumherum?
Drumherum ends in -um, and most nouns ending in -um are neuter: in a German dictionary, 82% of them take das.
All nouns ending in -um das
Meaning
[1] Everything that is or does around something specific
[1] alles, was sich um etwas Bestimmtes herum befindet oder tutExamples
[1] "Rather, he was concerned with the surrounding world to the opposite world to his bourgeois environment"
[1] „Es ging ihm vielmehr um das Drumherum, um die Gegenwelt zu seiner bürgerlichen Umgebung.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Drumherum | — |
| Genitiv | des Drumherums | — |
| Dativ | dem Drumherum | — |
| Akkusativ | das Drumherum | — |
Pronunciation
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