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
121
room kamer 48
122
may mag 48
123
think denk 47
124
old oude 47
125
must moeten 46
126
who die 46
127
our onze 46
128
today vandaag 46
129
went ging 46
130
said zei 46
131
something iets 45
132
too te 45
133
nine negen 45
134
came kwam 45
135
when wanneer 45
136
to become worden 44
137
very heel 44
138
ten tien 43
139
equals is 42
140
wants wil 42
141
six zes 42
142
comes komt 41
143
to go gaan 41
144
work werk 41
145
back terug 41
146
which welke 40
147
could kon 40
148
is wordt 40
149
first eerste 40
150
nobody niemand 40
151
restaurant restaurant 40
152
seven zeven 40
153
come kom 39
154
all al 39
155
long lang 39
156
once eens 39
157
against tegen 39
158
nothing niets 38
159
after na 38
160
duckling eendje 38