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

3628
2
a; an

een

1480
3
the

het

1319
4
I

ik

948
5
is

is

866
6
and

en

534
7
in

in

512
8
you

je

495
9
of

van

464
10
not

niet

434
11
it

het

421
12
that

dat

409
13
Tom

Tom

391
14
he

hij

318
15
with

met

271
16
to

te

260
17
was

was

255
18
his

zijn

250
19
for

voor

228
20
we

we

224
21
has

heeft

222
22
there

er

219
23
my

mijn

208
24
on

op

208
25
are

zijn

176
26
have

heb

162
27
she

ze

152
28
this

dit

151
29
what

wat

144
30
can

kan

140
31
me

me

134
32
to; for

naar

134
33
but

maar

132
34
from

van

131
35
am

ben

129
36
her

haar

125
37
no; none

geen

122
38
this; these

deze

116
39
how

hoe

112
40
your

je

112