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
41
they ze 114
42
this deze 111
43
must moet 109
44
she zij 107
45
so zo 104
46
became werd 101
47
in-between s tussen-s 97
48
out uit 92
49
about over 90
50
Yanni Yanni 90
51
have hebben 88
52
here hier 88
53
in order to om 86
54
had had 85
55
as als 84
56
that die 83
57
where waar 82
58
will zal 81
59
to be zijn 81
60
still nog 78
61
two twee 77
62
new nieuwe 77
63
him hem 76
64
day dag 74
65
good goed 74
66
house huis 74
67
now nu 73
68
a lot of veel 73
69
water water 70
70
three drie 69
71
more meer 69
72
himself zich 69
73
want wil 68
74
one hundred honderd 68
75
to aan 67
76
year jaar 64
77
would zou 64
78
until tot 63
79
when als 62
80
than dan 60