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 3854
2
a een 1846
3
the het 1409
4
I ik 1079
5
is is 998
6
you je 567
7
and en 551
8
in in 546
9
of van 484
10
not niet 483
11
it het 457
12
that dat 424
13
Tom Tom 414
14
he hij 388
15
with met 299
16
was was 273
17
his zijn 270
18
we we 252
19
has heeft 245
20
to te 244
21
for voor 239
22
my mijn 239
23
there er 235
24
on op 217
25
are zijn 200
26
she ze 181
27
have heb 178
28
this dit 174
29
what wat 165
30
can kan 158
31
to naar 157
32
me me 144
33
am ben 144
34
her haar 143
35
from van 140
36
no geen 136
37
but maar 134
38
your je 118
39
how hoe 117
40
you u 113