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
than dan 60
82
know weet 60
83
who wie 57
84
why waarom 57
85
they zij 57
86
necessary nodig 57
87
me mij 57
88
children kinderen 56
89
were waren 55
90
their hun 53
91
at aan 52
92
are bent 52
93
or of 52
94
big grote 52
95
also ook 52
96
already al 51
97
well wel 51
98
have heb 51
99
there daar 49
100
for om 49
101
goes gaat 49
102
to do doen 48
103
you jij 47
104
with bij 47
105
people mensen 47
106
Mary Mary 47
107
book boek 46
108
we wij 46
109
never nooit 45
110
went ging 45
111
old oude 45
112
at op 44
113
us ons 44
114
said zei 44
115
car auto 44
116
who die 44
117
something iets 44
118
one één 44
119
came kwam 43
120
must moeten 43