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 3887
2
a een 1863
3
the het 1434
4
I ik 1088
5
is is 1009
6
you je 569
7
in in 560
8
and en 555
9
of van 490
10
not niet 486
11
it het 458
12
that dat 427
13
Tom Tom 417
14
he hij 392
15
with met 301
16
was was 278
17
his zijn 273
18
we we 256
19
has heeft 250
20
to te 246
21
for voor 244
22
my mijn 240
23
there er 238
24
on op 222
25
are zijn 205
26
have heb 182
27
she ze 182
28
this dit 175
29
what wat 167
30
to naar 159
31
can kan 158
32
her haar 146
33
me me 145
34
am ben 144
35
from van 141
36
no geen 138
37
but maar 136
38
how hoe 118
39
your je 118
40
you u 116