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
41
must moet 107
42
this deze 107
43
they ze 105
44
so zo 103
45
she zij 100
46
became werd 91
47
out uit 90
48
Yanni Yanni 90
49
here hier 86
50
about over 83
51
that die 82
52
through door 82
53
had had 82
54
have hebben 82
55
where waar 81
56
as als 80
57
will zal 79
58
to be zijn 79
59
still nog 77
60
in order to om 77
61
two twee 75
62
now nu 74
63
new nieuwe 74
64
day dag 73
65
him hem 73
66
good goed 72
67
house huis 72
68
a lot of veel 69
69
himself zich 69
70
water water 69
71
want wil 68
72
three drie 68
73
more meer 67
74
one hundred honderd 67
75
to aan 66
76
would zou 64
77
year jaar 63
78
when als 62
79
until tot 62
80
know weet 61