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
121
must moeten 46
122
went ging 45
123
something iets 45
124
who die 45
125
our onze 45
126
too te 44
127
o’clock uur 44
128
came kwam 44
129
may mag 44
130
to become worden 44
131
nine negen 43
132
room kamer 43
133
very heel 43
134
think denk 42
135
gladly graag 42
136
when wanneer 42
137
equals is 42
138
ten tien 42
139
work werk 41
140
to go gaan 41
141
comes komt 40
142
back terug 40
143
six zes 40
144
nobody niemand 40
145
could kon 40
146
is wordt 39
147
once eens 39
148
against tegen 39
149
seven zeven 39
150
which welke 39
151
all al 39
152
long lang 38
153
duckling eendje 38
154
nothing niets 38
155
mother moeder 37
156
good goede 37
157
after na 37
158
wants wil 36
159
country land 36
160
restaurant restaurant 36