Understand spoken Dutch

Words by frequency

The following shows a list of all the words on the site ordered by the number of times they appear in the sample sentences. So, for example, if a word happens to turn up in 50 of our example sentences, then it will appear higher up than a word which only appears in 10 of our example sentences. The number of example sentences in which a particular word appears is also shown. By clicking on a word you can see a list of all the example sentences in which that word appears. Note that this Lingopolo frequency table is not likely to give the same results as a scientific study based on millions and millions of sentences: the Lingopolo frequency is only based on the sentences on Lingopolo. For practical purposes though, the Lingopolo approximation is good enough to ensure that words are learnt in approximately the most useful order.
Rank Recording English Dutch Examples count Learn
1
the

de

3445
2
a; an

een

1352
3
the

het

1261
4
I

ik

872
5
is

is

797
6
and

en

529
7
in

in

469
8
you

je

462
9
of

van

437
10
not

niet

406
11
it

het

403
12
that

dat

388
13
Tom

Tom

353
14
he

hij

283
15
with

met

257
16
to

te

246
17
his

zijn

233
18
was

was

229
19
for

voor

211
20
there

er

206
21
we

we

203
22
has

heeft

199
23
on

op

198
24
my

mijn

196
25
are

zijn

158
26
have

heb

150
27
what

wat

140
28
this

dit

139
29
she

ze

136
30
but

maar

130
31
can

kan

128
32
to; for

naar

125
33
from

van

119
34
am

ben

116
35
me

me

116
36
no; none

geen

114
37
her

haar

113
38
this; these

deze

109
39
your

je

106
40
how

hoe

103