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
than dan 60
82
know weet 60
83
me mij 58
84
necessary nodig 58
85
who wie 57
86
why waarom 57
87
they zij 57
88
children kinderen 56
89
were waren 55
90
have heb 54
91
their hun 53
92
also ook 52
93
already al 52
94
at aan 52
95
are bent 52
96
or of 52
97
big grote 52
98
well wel 51
99
goes gaat 49
100
there daar 49
101
for om 49
102
with bij 48
103
to do doen 48
104
you jij 48
105
people mensen 47
106
Mary Mary 47
107
we wij 46
108
book boek 46
109
old oude 45
110
never nooit 45
111
went ging 45
112
car auto 44
113
who die 44
114
something iets 44
115
one één 44
116
at op 44
117
us ons 44
118
said zei 44
119
came kwam 43
120
to become worden 43