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

3591
2
a; an

een

1453
3
the

het

1306
4
I

ik

925
5
is

is

849
6
and

en

533
7
in

in

508
8
you

je

479
9
of

van

457
10
not

niet

422
11
it

het

414
12
that

dat

404
13
Tom

Tom

384
14
he

hij

307
15
with

met

268
16
to

te

256
17
was

was

246
18
his

zijn

244
19
for

voor

226
20
has

heeft

218
21
we

we

216
22
there

er

216
23
on

op

207
24
my

mijn

203
25
are

zijn

170
26
have

heb

157
27
this

dit

148
28
she

ze

148
29
what

wat

140
30
can

kan

133
31
but

maar

132
32
to; for

naar

131
33
from

van

128
34
me

me

126
35
am

ben

124
36
her

haar

121
37
no; none

geen

119
38
this; these

deze

113
39
your

je

112
40
how

hoe

109