The 100 Most Common Lithuanian Words

These are the 100 most common Lithuanian words, ranked by how often they appear in real Lithuanian text and speech, drawn from published word-frequency research. Frequency-first learning works: a small core of high-frequency words does most of the work in everyday sentences, so mastering this list with spaced repetition gives you the fastest possible start.

#	Word	Pronunciation	English meaning
1	būti	BOO-tee	be
2	ir	ir	and
3	tas	tahs	that
4	aš	ahsh	I
5	jis	yis	he
6	kad	kahd	that (conjunction)
7	su	soo	with
8	iš	ish	from
9	į	ee	to
10	ne	neh	not (negation)
11	kas	kahs	who
12	apie	ah-PYEH	about
13	kaip	kahyp	how
14	bet	bet	but
15	taip	tahyp	so
16	jau	yow	already
17	dar	dar	still
18	tik	tik	only
19	savo	SAH-voh	own
20	metai	MEH-tahy	year
21	laikas	LAHY-kahs	time
22	diena	dyeh-NAH	day
23	geras	GEH-rahs	good
24	didelis	DEE-deh-lis	large
25	mes	mes	we
26	tu	too	you
27	ji	yee	she
28	dabar	dah-BAR	now
29	eiti	AY-tee	go
30	matyti	mah-TEE-tee	see
31	duoti	DWOH-tee	give
32	naujas	NOW-yahs	new
33	dalykas	dah-LEE-kahs	thing
34	žmogus	zhmoh-GOOS	person
35	daug	dowg	many
36	du	doo	two
37	pirmas	PIR-mahs	first
38	norėti	noh-REH-tee	want
39	kur	koor	where
40	nes	nes	because
41	tada	tah-DAH	then
42	ten	ten	there
43	kartu	kar-TOO	together
44	darbas	DAR-bahs	work
45	ar	ar	(question particle)
46	vienas	VYEH-nahs	one
47	gyvenimas	gee-VEH-nee-mahs	life
48	žinoti	zhee-NOH-tee	know
49	sakyti	sah-KEE-tee	say
50	galėti	gah-LEH-tee	can
51	šis	shis	this
52	o	oh	and (whereas)
53	labai	lah-BAHY	very
54	kitas	KEE-tahs	other
55	visas	VEE-sahs	all
56	turėti	too-REH-tee	have
57	kai	kahy	when (subordinate)
58	jei	yay	if
59	nuo	nwoh	from (off)
60	po	poh	after (under)
61	per	per	through
62	prie	pryeh	at (near)
63	už	oozh	for (behind)
64	iki	EE-kee	until
65	be	beh	without
66	tarp	tarp	between
67	dėl	dehl	because of
68	daryti	dah-REE-tee	do
69	gauti	GOW-tee	get
70	ateiti	ah-TAY-tee	come
71	rasti	RAHS-tee	find
72	imti	IM-tee	take
73	pradėti	prah-DEH-tee	begin
74	gyventi	gee-VEN-tee	live
75	kalbėti	kahl-BEH-tee	speak
76	dirbti	DIRB-tee	work
77	galvoti	gahl-VOH-tee	think
78	žiūrėti	zhoo-REH-tee	look at
79	ieškoti	yesh-KOH-tee	look for
80	likti	LIK-tee	remain
81	tapti	TAHP-tee	become
82	vaikas	VAHY-kahs	child
83	moteris	MOH-teh-ris	woman
84	vyras	VEE-rahs	man
85	ranka	rahn-KAH	hand
86	vieta	vyeh-TAH	place
87	pasaulis	pah-SOW-lis	world
88	namas	NAH-mahs	house
89	šalis	shah-LIS	country
90	miestas	MYES-tahs	city
91	žodis	ZHOH-dis	word
92	kelias	KEH-lyahs	road (way)
93	dalis	dah-LIS	part
94	kažkas	kahzh-KAHS	something (someone)
95	niekas	NYEH-kahs	nothing (nobody)
96	čia	chah	here
97	kada	kah-DAH	when (question)
98	kodėl	koh-DEHL	why
99	mažas	MAH-zhahs	small
100	senas	SEH-nahs	old

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Ranked by lemma frequency in published Lithuanian corpus research; proper nouns, numbers, and duplicates removed. Pronunciation is a respelling guide, not phonetic notation.

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Frequently asked questions about Lithuanian words

How many Lithuanian words do you need for a basic conversation?

Frequency research shows the 1,000 most common words cover roughly 85 percent of everyday speech, and the top 100 alone appear in almost every sentence. You can manage simple exchanges with a few hundred words; this list is the foundation to build on.

What is the fastest way to memorize these 100 words?

Spaced repetition: review each word just before you would forget it, at growing intervals. It moves vocabulary into long-term memory far faster than rereading a list. Turn the 100 words into flashcards and review a small batch daily; the whole list fits into two to three weeks.

Are 100 words enough to speak Lithuanian?

No. One hundred words let you recognize the skeleton of most sentences, but not hold a real conversation. They are the right starting point: after this list, grow toward the most common 1,000 words and start speaking practice early, even with simple phrases.

Where does this Lithuanian word list come from?

From published Lithuanian word-frequency research: lemma-ranked corpus lists cleaned for learners, with proper nouns, numbers, and duplicates removed. Rankings are approximate, since real usage varies by region and register, but the core is stable across corpora.