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

2780
2
the

het

981
3
a; an

een

945
4
I

ik

644
5
is

is

529
6
and

en

443
7
you

je

349
8
in

in

338
9
it

het

330
10
not

niet

300
11
that

dat

293
12
of

van

286
13
Tom

Tom

266
14
with

met

185
15
to

te

171
16
there

er

163
17
was

was

159
18
he

hij

159
19
his

zijn

149
20
on

op

142
21
we

we

141
22
has

heeft

139
23
for

voor

129
24
my

mijn

118
25
have

heb

111
26
what

wat

109
27
this

dit

106
28
to; for

naar

101
29
but

maar

100
30
are

zijn

96
31
Yanni

Yanni

90
32
no; none

geen

89
33
am

ben

88
34
how

hoe

85
35
can

kan

85
36
so

zo

83
37
this; these

deze

83
38
she

zij

77
39
her

haar

74
40
your

je

74