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 3701
2
a; an een 1542
3
the het 1355
4
I ik 1036
5
is is 957
6
you je 553
7
and en 542
8
in in 533
9
of van 475
10
not niet 473
11
it het 442
12
that dat 421
13
Tom Tom 403
14
he hij 361
15
with met 286
16
was was 262
17
his zijn 259
18
we we 244
19
to te 240
20
has heeft 237
21
there er 233
22
for voor 231
23
my mijn 230
24
on op 211
25
are zijn 195
26
have heb 175
27
she ze 175
28
this dit 166
29
what wat 164
30
can kan 155
31
to; for naar 150
32
her haar 137
33
from van 136
34
am ben 136
35
me me 134
36
no; none geen 134
37
but maar 133
38
this; these deze 119
39
how hoe 116
40
your je 115