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
1
the de 4185
2
a een 2095
3
the het 1551
4
I ik 1270
5
is is 1223
6
you je 648
7
in in 637
8
and en 592
9
it het 551
10
of van 550
11
not niet 536
12
he hij 474
13
that dat 465
14
Tom Tom 424
15
with met 333
16
was was 297
17
his zijn 292
18
my mijn 290
19
has heeft 278
20
we we 273
21
on op 266
22
for voor 266
23
to te 258
24
there er 250
25
are zijn 230
26
she ze 224
27
have heb 217
28
this dit 197
29
to naar 189
30
what wat 184
31
am ben 177
32
her haar 168
33
can kan 167
34
from van 162
35
me me 148
36
no geen 146
37
your je 139
38
but maar 136
39
they ze 135
40
how hoe 130