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Top 100 Polish Words Every Beginner Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most frequent 100 words in Polish cover a huge portion of everyday conversation. Learning these first gives you the biggest return on your study time.

#WordTranslation
1iand
2win, at
3nienot, no
4naon, onto, for
5sięoneself (reflexive pronoun)
6zwith, from, out of
7tothis, it, that
8żethat (conjunction)
9jestis
10doto, until, into
11oabout, at (time)
12jakhow, like, as
13alebut
14cowhat
15tenthis, that (masculine)
16zabehind, for, in (time)
17odfrom, since
18poafter, along, around
19takyes, so, like this
20gohim, it (accusative)
21jaI, me
22bywould (conditional particle)
23byłwas (masculine)
24tymthis (instrumental/locative)
25bardzovery
26wszystkoeverything, all
27czywhether, or (question particle)
28tegothis, that (genitive)
29jużalready, yet
30jethem, it (accusative); eats
31mime (dative)
32tylkoonly, just
33onashe
34mnieme (accusative/genitive)
35byćto be
36jeszczestill, yet, more
37onhe
38przyby, near, at
39tuhere
40możemaybe, perhaps; can
41nowell, so (informal filler)
42pansir, Mr., you (formal masculine)
43kiedywhen
44mójmy, mine (masculine)
45teraznow
46tamthere
47gdziewhere
48ichtheir, them
49cięyou (accusative, informal)
50dobrzewell, good, okay
51nicnothing
52swójone's own
53nasus (genitive/accusative)
54chciećto want
55abyin order to, so that
56dlafor
57miećto have
58którywhich, who, that
59muhim (dative, short form)
60jedenone
61mywe
62mogęI can
63więcso, therefore
64are (they are)
65tyyou (singular informal)
66bobecause
67tathis (feminine singular)
68sobieoneself (dative/locative reflexive)
69gdywhen, while
70trzebait is necessary, one must
71ktowho
72nadabove, over
73takisuch, so
74będziewill be
75teżalso, too
76czastime
77cośsomething
78naszour
79przedbefore, in front of
80samalone, oneself
81międzybetween, among
82wiedziećto know
83bezwithout
84nigdynever
85her (accusative)
86przezthrough, because of, for (duration)
87człowiekperson, human, man
88dobrygood
89dzieńday
90wamyou (dative plural)
91podunder, below
92dwatwo
93domhouse, home
94niktnobody, no one
95wielemany, much
96jednakhowever, yet
97wszystkieall (non-masculine-personal plural)
98mówićto speak, to say
99tutajhere
100pierwszyfirst

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