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 1876
3
the het 1446
4
I ik 1094
5
is is 1014
6
you je 576
7
in in 569
8
and en 558
9
of van 493
10
not niet 490
11
it het 460
12
that dat 427
13
Tom Tom 418
14
he hij 398
15
with met 303
16
was was 281
17
his zijn 275
18
we we 257
19
has heeft 253
20
to te 248
21
for voor 247
22
my mijn 243
23
there er 238
24
on op 224
25
are zijn 210
26
have heb 185
27
she ze 185
28
this dit 175
29
what wat 167
30
to naar 161
31
can kan 161
32
her haar 148
33
from van 147
34
me me 145
35
am ben 144
36
no geen 138
37
but maar 136
38
your je 121
39
how hoe 118
40
you u 117