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
81
know weet 68
82
until tot 68
83
four vier 66
84
than dan 63
85
necessary nodig 62
86
why waarom 62
87
when als 62
88
one hundred honderd 61
89
who wie 61
90
through door 59
91
there daar 59
92
children kinderen 59
93
were waren 58
94
you jij 58
95
some wat 58
96
they zij 57
97
or of 57
98
are bent 56
99
book boek 56
100
big grote 55
101
also ook 55
102
already al 55
103
have heb 54
104
their hun 53
105
at aan 53
106
well wel 53
107
with bij 53
108
us ons 52
109
we wij 52
110
are ben 51
111
at op 51
112
car auto 51
113
eight acht 50
114
for om 50
115
never nooit 48
116
to do doen 48
117
Mary Mary 48
118
people mensen 48
119
old oude 47
120
said zei 46