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
241
by chance toevallig 24
242
gave gaf 24
243
together samen 24
244
you jullie 24
245
had to moest 24
246
thought dacht 24
247
small klein 24
248
before voor 24
249
open open 24
250
please alsjeblieft 24
251
city stad 24
252
of aan 23
253
twenty twintig 23
254
garden tuin 23
255
plus plus 23
256
one thousand duizend 23
257
yes ja 23
258
difficult moeilijk 23
259
night nacht 23
260
stand staat 23
261
can kunt 23
262
even zelfs 23
263
holiday vakantie 23
264
half half 23
265
are going gaan 23
266
cat kat 23
267
new nieuw 23
268
to sit zitten 23
269
give geef 23
270
head hoofd 23
271
up op 23
272
made gemaakt 22
273
bus bus 22
274
become worden 22
275
done gedaan 22
276
felt voelde 22
277
sun zon 22
278
saw zag 22
279
milk melk 22
280
days dagen 22