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
161
too te 31
162
country land 31
163
often vaak 31
164
to have hebben 31
165
to see zien 31
166
go ga 30
167
after na 30
168
time tijd 30
169
one men 30
170
wants wil 30
171
everyone iedereen 30
172
can kunnen 30
173
man man 29
174
someone iemand 29
175
eat eet 29
176
first eerste 29
177
have hebt 29
178
world wereld 29
179
school school 28
180
to om 28
181
please alstublieft 28
182
under onder 28
183
nice leuk 28
184
to op 28
185
very erg 27
186
to come komen 27
187
at home thuis 27
188
your jouw 27
189
four vier 27
190
today vandaag 27
191
knew wist 27
192
parents ouders 26
193
whether of 26
194
because want 26
195
to make maken 26
196
want wil 26
197
towards toe 26
198
woman vrouw 25
199
always altijd 25
200
name naam 25