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