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
small kleine 25
202
Mary Maria 25
203
woman vrouw 25
204
always altijd 25
205
name naam 25
206
at bij 25
207
ten tien 25
208
between tussen 25
209
off af 24
210
you jullie 24
211
father vader 24
212
will zullen 24
213
restaurant restaurant 24
214
thought dacht 24
215
by chance toevallig 24
216
child kind 24
217
eight acht 23
218
big groot 23
219
fast snel 23
220
of aan 23
221
are going gaan 23
222
open open 23
223
green groene 23
224
had to moest 23
225
must moeten 23
226
new nieuw 23
227
even zelfs 23
228
one thousand duizend 23
229
night nacht 22
230
saw zag 22
231
does doet 22
232
head hoofd 22
233
can kunt 22
234
to sit zitten 22
235
weather weer 22
236
during tijdens 22
237
together samen 22
238
every elke 22
239
done gedaan 21
240
police politie 21