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
1
the

de

3423
2
a; an

een

1331
3
the

het

1253
4
I

ik

862
5
is

is

787
6
and

en

528
7
in

in

464
8
you

je

457
9
of

van

433
10
not

niet

403
11
it

het

401
12
that

dat

384
13
Tom

Tom

352
14
he

hij

275
15
with

met

256
16
to

te

244
17
his

zijn

228
18
was

was

224
19
for

voor

211
20
there

er

204
21
we

we

201
22
has

heeft

198
23
on

op

197
24
my

mijn

195
25
are

zijn

156
26
have

heb

149
27
what

wat

140
28
this

dit

137
29
she

ze

131
30
but

maar

128
31
to; for

naar

125
32
can

kan

125
33
from

van

119
34
me

me

116
35
no; none

geen

114
36
am

ben

113
37
her

haar

110
38
this; these

deze

108
39
your

je

106
40
how

hoe

103