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
came kwam 43
122
may mag 42
123
our onze 42
124
work werk 40
125
could kon 40
126
once eens 39
127
think denk 39
128
to go gaan 39
129
very heel 39
130
all al 39
131
nobody niemand 39
132
against tegen 38
133
room kamer 38
134
long lang 38
135
duckling eendje 38
136
is wordt 37
137
when wanneer 37
138
nothing niets 37
139
each other elkaar 36
140
five vijf 36
141
back terug 36
142
which welke 36
143
good goede 36
144
whole hele 36
145
when toen 35
146
gladly graag 35
147
comes komt 35
148
money geld 35
149
are ben 34
150
everyone iedereen 34
151
come kom 33
152
life leven 33
153
other andere 33
154
sit zit 33
155
some wat 33
156
too te 32
157
country land 32
158
let laat 32
159
can kunnen 32
160
hair haar 32