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 2580
2
the het 915
3
a; an een 769
4
I ik 534
5
is is 424
6
and en 414
7
in in 299
8
you je 291
9
it het 286
10
not niet 261
11
that dat 255
12
of van 238
13
Tom Tom 223
14
with met 171
15
to te 150
16
there er 145
17
was was 139
18
his zijn 136
19
he hij 135
20
on op 127
21
we we 121
22
has heeft 117
23
for voor 102
24
to; for naar 97
25
but maar 95
26
my mijn 95
27
what wat 93
28
this dit 93
29
have (1st person singular) heb 93
30 Yanni Yanni 88
31
are zijn 80
32
no; none geen 76
33
so zo 76
34
how hoe 75
35
she zij 72
36
am (1st person singular) ben 68
37
can (singular) kan 68
38
her haar 67
39
this; these deze 67
40
still; yet nog 64