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 ascending Learn
1
the

de

3462
2
a; an

een

1367
3
the

het

1265
4
I

ik

879
5
is

is

800
6
and

en

529
7
in

in

475
8
you

je

463
9
of

van

438
10
not

niet

407
11
it

het

404
12
that

dat

390
13
Tom

Tom

353
14
he

hij

286
15
with

met

259
16
to

te

247
17
his

zijn

234
18
was

was

230
19
for

voor

213
20
there

er

208
21
we

we

204
22
has

heeft

201
23
on

op

200
24
my

mijn

197
25
are

zijn

158
26
have

heb

150
27
what

wat

140
28
this

dit

139
29
she

ze

136
30
but

maar

130
31
can

kan

129
32
to; for

naar

125
33
am

ben

119
34
from

van

119
35
me

me

116
36
her

haar

116
37
no; none

geen

114
38
this; these

deze

110
39
your

je

107
40
how

hoe

104