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
81
me mij 60
82
than dan 60
83
know weet 60
84
through door 59
85
were waren 58
86
who wie 57
87
why waarom 57
88
children kinderen 57
89
they zij 57
90
already al 55
91
have heb 54
92
big grote 53
93
their hun 53
94
at aan 53
95
or of 52
96
well wel 52
97
with bij 52
98
also ook 52
99
are bent 52
100
for om 50
101
goes gaat 49
102
there daar 49
103
us ons 48
104
car auto 48
105
to do doen 48
106
you jij 48
107
old oude 47
108
people mensen 47
109
Mary Mary 47
110
book boek 47
111
must moeten 46
112
we wij 46
113
at op 46
114
went ging 45
115
said zei 45
116
one één 45
117
never nooit 45
118
to become worden 44
119
who die 44
120
something iets 44