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
this deze 109
42
they ze 107
43
must moet 107
44
she zij 104
45
so zo 103
46
in-between s tussen-s 95
47
became werd 94
48
out uit 91
49
Yanni Yanni 90
50
here hier 87
51
about over 86
52
through door 85
53
have hebben 85
54
as als 83
55
that die 83
56
had had 82
57
will zal 81
58
where waar 81
59
to be zijn 80
60
in order to om 79
61
still nog 78
62
two twee 76
63
new nieuwe 75
64
him hem 74
65
house huis 73
66
day dag 73
67
now nu 73
68
good goed 71
69
water water 70
70
a lot of veel 70
71
more meer 69
72
himself zich 68
73
to aan 68
74
three drie 68
75
want wil 68
76
one hundred honderd 67
77
would zou 64
78
year jaar 64
79
until tot 62
80
when als 62