De or het drum?

The correct Dutch article is:

de drum

  • Plural: de drums
  • Diminutive: het drummetje
Exception Words ending in -um and -ium usually take het, but drum is an exception. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) 1. vat vooral van vloeistoffen als olie, olievat 2. trommel van een drumstel

How to use drum

the drumde drum
this drumdeze drum
that drumdie drum
our drumonze drum
your drumjouw drum
every drumelke drum
which drum?welke drum?
a big drum / the big drumeen grote drum, de grote drum
the drum (plural)de drums, deze drums

Dutch words ending in drum

oliedrum | snaredrum | apintidrum | kippendrum | snaardrum | basdrum | bassdrum

In compound words, the last part decides the article. See the rule

Dutch words starting with drum

drumband | drumcomputer | drummer | drumstel | drumster | drumstick | drumstok | drumpodium | drumspel | drumwerk

Meaning, plural, diminutive, pronunciation and translations: WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).