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

3395
2
a; an

een

1312
3
the

het

1240
4
I

ik

847
5
is

is

773
6
and

en

527
7
in

in

455
8
you

je

449
9
of

van

424
10
not

niet

399
11
it

het

399
12
that

dat

378
13
Tom

Tom

345
14
he

hij

272
15
with

met

249
16
to

te

243
17
his

zijn

226
18
was

was

221
19
for

voor

208
20
there

er

201
21
we

we

198
22
has

heeft

195
23
on

op

194
24
my

mijn

189
25
are

zijn

154
26
have

heb

147
27
this

dit

136
28
what

wat

136
29
but

maar

128
30
she

ze

126
31
to; for

naar

125
32
can

kan

122
33
from

van

118
34
me

me

115
35
no; none

geen

114
36
am

ben

110
37
her

haar

110
38
this; these

deze

106
39
your

je

101
40
how

hoe

98