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
may mag 42
122
to become worden 42
123
our onze 40
124
work werk 40
125
very heel 39
126
to go gaan 39
127
all al 39
128
could kon 39
129
once eens 39
130
against tegen 38
131
long lang 38
132
think denk 38
133
duckling eendje 38
134
nobody niemand 38
135
nothing niets 37
136
is wordt 37
137
room kamer 36
138
which welke 36
139
each other elkaar 36
140
five vijf 35
141
back terug 35
142
when wanneer 35
143
whole hele 35
144
when toen 35
145
gladly graag 35
146
comes komt 34
147
are ben 34
148
sit zit 33
149
money geld 33
150
some wat 33
151
come kom 33
152
life leven 33
153
let laat 32
154
hair haar 32
155
other andere 32
156
mother moeder 32
157
good goede 32
158
too te 31
159
country land 31
160
often vaak 31