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
201
can kun 25
202
dog hond 25
203
along mee 25
204
small kleine 25
205
thought dacht 24
206
ten tien 24
207
at bij 24
208
by chance toevallig 24
209
will zullen 24
210
you jullie 24
211
father vader 24
212
restaurant restaurant 24
213
green groene 23
214
had to moest 23
215
one thousand duizend 23
216
child kind 23
217
big groot 23
218
eight acht 23
219
of aan 23
220
are going gaan 23
221
open open 23
222
Mary Maria 23
223
new nieuw 22
224
during tijdens 22
225
must moeten 22
226
together samen 22
227
even zelfs 22
228
every elke 22
229
fast snel 22
230
night nacht 22
231
off af 22
232
does doet 22
233
saw zag 22
234
head hoofd 22
235
to sit zitten 22
236
weather weer 21
237
bus bus 21
238
to recommend aanbevelen 21
239
before voor 21
240
hole gat 21