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
always altijd 25
202
name naam 25
203
at bij 25
204
between tussen 25
205
can kun 25
206
along mee 25
207
dog hond 25
208
restaurant restaurant 24
209
thought dacht 24
210
ten tien 24
211
by chance toevallig 24
212
child kind 24
213
you jullie 24
214
father vader 24
215
will zullen 24
216
are going gaan 23
217
open open 23
218
green groene 23
219
had to moest 23
220
new nieuw 23
221
must moeten 23
222
even zelfs 23
223
one thousand duizend 23
224
eight acht 23
225
big groot 23
226
fast snel 23
227
of aan 23
228
off af 23
229
head hoofd 22
230
to sit zitten 22
231
weather weer 22
232
during tijdens 22
233
together samen 22
234
every elke 22
235
night nacht 22
236
saw zag 22
237
does doet 22
238
everything alles 21
239
can kunt 21
240
before voor 21