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 4009
2
a een 1902
3
the het 1469
4
I ik 1103
5
is is 1031
6
in in 580
7
you je 577
8
and en 560
9
of van 504
10
not niet 496
11
it het 467
12
that dat 434
13
Tom Tom 419
14
he hij 410
15
with met 312
16
was was 291
17
his zijn 281
18
we we 261
19
has heeft 256
20
to te 254
21
for voor 250
22
my mijn 246
23
there er 240
24
on op 232
25
are zijn 212
26
she ze 187
27
have heb 186
28
this dit 177
29
what wat 167
30
to naar 164
31
can kan 161
32
from van 156
33
her haar 151
34
me me 147
35
am ben 145
36
no geen 139
37
but maar 136
38
your je 122
39
how hoe 118
40
you u 117