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Research on language understanding shows that learning Norwegian efficiently depends on learning the most frequent words first, rather than memorizing long vocabulary lists. In our large-scale study measuring how understanding grows with vocabulary size, we analyzed how much real Norwegian learners can comprehend at each stage of learning.

According to the research, learning the top 100 Norwegian words gives you about 53% language understanding, the top 500 words around 71%, and the top 1000 words about 77% of real-world Norwegian. This page focuses on the first step: the Top 100 most frequent Norwegian words, which form the foundation of everyday comprehension.

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Top 100 Most Frequent Norwegian Words

Below is a representative list of the Top 100 most frequent Norwegian words, ordered by real-world usage frequency.

#	Word	#	Word	#	Word	#	Word
1	i	26	meg	51	noe	76	dem
2	er	27	hva	52	se	77	år
3	det	28	men	53	ut	78	igjen
4	og	29	så	54	må	79	opp
5	jeg	30	kan	55	seg	80	to
6	du	31	om	56	nå	81	under
7	en	32	fra	57	dere	82	over
8	ha	33	komme	58	etter	83	ville
9	ikke	34	gjøre	59	ham	84	denne
10	på	35	vil	60	nei	85	stor
11	til	36	hun	61	der	86	andre
12	som	37	si	62	sin	87	hans
13	av	38	bli	63	også	88	alt
14	å	39	gå	64	jeg har	89	når
15	med	40	skal	65	ved	90	inn
16	for	41	ta	66	hvor	91	la
17	han	42	dette	67	eller	92	dag
18	den	43	være	68	jeg er	93	god
19	vare	44	vite	69	tro	94	ingen
20	de	45	ja	70	noen	95	henne
21	vi	46	få	71	din	96	tid
22	at	47	min	72	for å	97	hvordan
23	det er	48	bare	73	oss	98	hvorfor
24	deg	49	her	74	alle	99	mot
25	et	50	da	75	trenge	100	hvis

What to Do Next

The top 100 words establish the core of Norwegian understanding. The largest gains come as learners move to the top 300 and 500 words, where comprehension grows rapidly, and then to 1000+ words, where Norwegian becomes comfortable to read and understand in real contexts.

WRD is built on the same research and tracks language understanding precisely as each word is learned, guiding learners from the top 100 Norwegian words to higher levels in the most efficient way possible.

Vocabulary learning in the WRD app is organized around the top 100, 500, and 1000 most frequent words.

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