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