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
more meer 71
82
four vier 69
83
until tot 65
84
why waarom 65
85
one hundred honderd 63
86
than dan 63
87
when als 62
88
necessary nodig 62
89
who wie 61
90
you jij 60
91
there daar 60
92
children kinderen 60
93
some wat 59
94
through door 59
95
were waren 59
96
also ook 58
97
book boek 58
98
or of 58
99
we wij 57
100
they zij 57
101
already al 56
102
are bent 56
103
big grote 55
104
with bij 55
105
well wel 55
106
have heb 54
107
us ons 53
108
their hun 53
109
eight acht 53
110
at aan 53
111
at op 52
112
car auto 51
113
are ben 51
114
gladly graag 51
115
people mensen 50
116
for om 50
117
Mary Mary 50
118
o’clock uur 49
119
never nooit 48
120
to do doen 48