The 100 Most Common Slovenian Words

These are the 100 most common Slovenian words, ranked by how often they appear in real Slovenian 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	in	een	and
2	biti	BEE-tee	be
3	ta	tah	this
4	v	v	in
5	on	ohn	he
6	imeti	ee-MEH-tee	have
7	da	dah	that (conjunction)
8	z	z	with
9	iz	eez	from
10	ki	kee	which
11	na	nah	on
12	do	doh	to
13	ali	AH-lee	or
14	se	seh	self
15	kaj	kahy	what
16	kako	KAH-koh	how
17	po	poh	after
18	tako	TAH-koh	so
19	moči	MOH-chee	can
20	leto	LEH-toh	year
21	o	oh	about
22	k	k	toward
23	človek	CHLOH-vek	person
24	ko	koh	when
25	le	leh	only
26	že	zheh	already
27	čas	chahs	time
28	dan	dahn	day
29	hoteti	hoh-TEH-tee	want
30	vedeti	VEH-deh-tee	know
31	reči	REH-chee	say
32	velik	VEH-leek	big
33	nov	nohv	new
34	dober	DOH-ber	good
35	dva	dvah	two
36	drug	droog	other
37	morati	MOH-rah-tee	must
38	videti	VEE-deh-tee	see
39	prvi	PUR-vee	first
40	cel	tsel	whole
41	mi	mee	we
42	ti	tee	you
43	svoj	svoy	own
44	tudi	TOO-dee	too
45	še	sheh	yet
46	kje	kyeh	where
47	iti	EE-tee	go
48	dati	DAH-tee	give
49	delo	DEH-loh	work
50	življenje	zhiv-LYEN-yeh	life
51	ne	neh	not (negation)
52	jaz	yahz	I
53	za	zah	for
54	pa	pah	and (then)
55	kot	koht	as (like)
56	če	cheh	if
57	pri	pree	at (by)
58	vi	vee	you (plural)
59	ves	ves	all
60	priti	PREE-tee	come
61	misliti	MEE-slee-tee	think
62	govoriti	goh-voh-REE-tee	speak
63	delati	DEH-lah-tee	work (do)
64	narediti	nah-reh-DEE-tee	make
65	dobiti	doh-BEE-tee	get
66	najti	NAHY-tee	find
67	vzeti	VZEH-tee	take
68	postati	poh-STAH-tee	become
69	ostati	oh-STAH-tee	remain
70	začeti	zah-CHEH-tee	begin
71	živeti	zhee-VEH-tee	live
72	gledati	GLEH-dah-tee	look at
73	iskati	ee-SKAH-tee	look for
74	otrok	oh-TROHK	child
75	ženska	ZHEN-skah	woman
76	roka	ROH-kah	hand
77	mesto	MEH-stoh	city (place)
78	svet	svet	world
79	hiša	HEE-shah	house
80	država	dur-ZHAH-vah	country (state)
81	beseda	beh-SEH-dah	word
82	pot	poht	way (path)
83	stvar	stvar	thing
84	del	del	part
85	konec	KOH-nets	end
86	nekaj	NEH-kahy	something
87	nič	neech	nothing
88	vsak	vsahk	every
89	zdaj	zdahy	now
90	tukaj	TOO-kahy	here
91	tam	tahm	there
92	kdo	kdoh	who
93	kdaj	kdahy	when
94	zakaj	zah-KAHY	why
95	ker	ker	because
96	brez	brez	without
97	med	med	between (among)
98	več	vech	more
99	majhen	MAHY-hen	small
100	star	star	old

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

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Frequently asked questions about Slovenian words

How many Slovenian 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 Slovenian?

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 Slovenian word list come from?

From published Slovenian 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.