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
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two twee 134
42
how hoe 133
43
this deze 123
44
she zij 117
45
must moet 114
46
where waar 113
47
three drie 109
48
so zo 106
49
became werd 102
50
here hier 100
51
have hebben 99
52
will zal 98
53
want wil 98
54
out uit 97
55
in-between s tussen-s 97
56
day dag 95
57
about over 93
58
still nog 92
59
Yanni Yanni 90
60
had had 88
61
me mij 87
62
him hem 87
63
as als 87
64
to be zijn 86
65
in order om 86
66
good goed 86
67
now nu 86
68
that die 85
69
one één 81
70
water water 81
71
year jaar 79
72
new nieuwe 79
73
house huis 78
74
a lot of veel 77
75
five vijf 76
76
himself zich 75
77
know weet 75
78
to aan 74
79
would zou 74
80
goes gaat 72