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
201
dog hond 26
202
small kleine 25
203
Mary Maria 25
204
woman vrouw 25
205
name naam 25
206
during tijdens 25
207
at bij 25
208
ten tien 25
209
between tussen 25
210
child kind 25
211
along mee 25
212
fast snel 25
213
open open 24
214
restaurant restaurant 24
215
thought dacht 24
216
must moeten 24
217
together samen 24
218
by chance toevallig 24
219
door deur 24
220
every elke 24
221
you jullie 24
222
father vader 24
223
will zullen 24
224
difficult moeilijk 23
225
are going gaan 23
226
green groene 23
227
had to moest 23
228
new nieuw 23
229
even zelfs 23
230
one thousand duizend 23
231
police politie 23
232
eight acht 23
233
night nacht 23
234
big groot 23
235
of aan 23
236
off af 23
237
saw zag 22
238
does doet 22
239
head hoofd 22
240
can kunt 22