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
81
than dan 60
82
who wie 57
83
why waarom 57
84
they zij 57
85
me mij 56
86
necessary nodig 56
87
children kinderen 55
88
were waren 55
89
already al 52
90
their hun 52
91
are bent 52
92
or of 52
93
have heb 51
94
big grote 51
95
also ook 51
96
well wel 50
97
goes gaat 49
98
there daar 49
99
at aan 49
100
for om 48
101
to do doen 47
102
you jij 47
103
people mensen 47
104
with bij 47
105
book boek 46
106
Mary Mary 45
107
went ging 45
108
something iets 44
109
never nooit 44
110
at op 44
111
us ons 44
112
who die 44
113
we wij 44
114
said zei 44
115
old oude 43
116
came kwam 43
117
must moeten 43
118
car auto 42
119
may mag 42
120
to become worden 41