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
201
always altijd 29
202
child kind 29
203
French Frans 29
204
can kun 29
205
knew wist 29
206
late laat 29
207
hour uur 29
208
minus min 28
209
English Engels 28
210
to make maken 28
211
at bij 27
212
to come komen 27
213
at om 27
214
during tijdens 27
215
go ga 27
216
green groene 27
217
towards toe 26
218
coffee koffie 26
219
want wil 26
220
by door 26
221
woman vrouw 26
222
small kleine 26
223
whether of 26
224
red rode 26
225
find vind 26
226
because want 26
227
wine wijn 26
228
table tafel 26
229
must moeten 25
230
will zullen 25
231
along mee 25
232
between tussen 25
233
every elke 25
234
off af 25
235
door deur 25
236
police politie 25
237
train trein 25
238
Mary Maria 25
239
big groot 25
240
fast snel 25