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
121
work werk 40
122
one één 40
123
to go gaan 39
124
very heel 39
125
our onze 39
126
could kon 39
127
once eens 39
128
long lang 38
129
think denk 38
130
all al 38
131
duckling eendje 38
132
against tegen 37
133
nothing niets 37
134
nobody niemand 37
135
room kamer 36
136
which welke 36
137
gladly graag 35
138
five vijf 35
139
back terug 35
140
whole hele 35
141
each other elkaar 35
142
is wordt 35
143
are ben 34
144
when wanneer 34
145
comes komt 33
146
some wat 33
147
when toen 33
148
come kom 32
149
hair haar 32
150
let laat 32
151
other andere 32
152
mother moeder 32
153
good goede 32
154
life leven 31
155
country land 31
156
too te 31
157
to have hebben 31
158
to see zien 31
159
your uw 31
160
hour uur 31