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
came kwam 43
122
may mag 42
123
our onze 41
124
work werk 40
125
to go gaan 39
126
very heel 39
127
all al 39
128
could kon 39
129
once eens 39
130
duckling eendje 38
131
nobody niemand 38
132
against tegen 38
133
long lang 38
134
think denk 38
135
nothing niets 37
136
is wordt 37
137
back terug 36
138
when wanneer 36
139
which welke 36
140
each other elkaar 36
141
room kamer 36
142
whole hele 35
143
when toen 35
144
gladly graag 35
145
five vijf 35
146
are ben 34
147
comes komt 34
148
sit zit 33
149
money geld 33
150
good goede 33
151
some wat 33
152
come kom 33
153
life leven 33
154
country land 32
155
let laat 32
156
can kunnen 32
157
hair haar 32
158
other andere 32
159
mother moeder 32
160
hour uur 31