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 Sort descending Learn
8601
had

had

74
8602
that

die

76
8603
himself; herself; itself

zich

77
8604
was; became

werd

78
8605
they

ze

80
8606
still; yet

nog

82
8607
out

uit

86
8608
she

zij

89
8609
Yanni

Yanni

90
8610
must

moet

92
8611
so

zo

95
8612
you

u

99
8613
how

hoe

105
8614
your

je

109
8615
this; these

deze

110
8616
no; none

geen

114
8617
her

haar

116
8618
am

ben

119
8619
from

van

119
8620
me

me

120
8621
to; for

naar

125
8622
can

kan

129
8623
but

maar

130
8624
she

ze

138
8625
this

dit

140
8626
what

wat

140
8627
have

heb

151
8628
are

zijn

158
8629
my

mijn

199
8630
on

op

200
8631
has

heeft

204
8632
we

we

205
8633
there

er

212
8634
for

voor

216
8635
was

was

231
8636
his

zijn

234
8637
to

te

247
8638
with

met

259
8639
he

hij

288
8640
Tom

Tom

354