The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Frisian language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Frisian |
| I | ik |
| you (singular) thou (archaic) | do (dû), jo |
| he | hy, er |
| we | wy |
| you (plural) | jimme, me |
| they | sy, hja |
| this | dit, dizze |
| that | dat |
| here | hjir |
| there | dêr |
| who | wa |
| what | wat |
| where | wêr |
| when | wannear, hoenear |
| how | hoe |
| not | net |
| all | alle, allegear |
| many (fele) | mannich, gâns, in protte, in soad |
| some | (*foarnamwurd*) sommige, guon |
| few | inkele |
| other | oare |
| one | ien |
| two | twa |
| three | trije |
| four | fjouwer |
| five | fiif |
| big, (great) | grut |
| long | lang |
| wide (broad) | breed, wiid |
| thick | dik |
| heavy | swier |
| small (little) | lyts |
| short | koart |
| narrow | smel |
| thin | tin |
| woman | frou |
| man (adult male) | man |
| man (human being) | minske |
| child (a youth) | bern |
| wife | frou, wiif |
| husband | man |
| mother | mem |
| father | heit |
| animal (beast) | bist |
| fish | fisk |
| bird (fowl) | fûgel |
| dog (hound) | hûn |
| louse | lús, biter |
| snake | slang |
| worm | wjirm |
| tree (beam) | beam |
| forest | wâld |
| stick (of wood) | stok |
| fruit | fruit |
| seed | sied |
| leaf (blade) | blêd, loaf |
| root | woartel |
| bark (of tree) | bast |
| flower | blom |
| grass | gers |
| rope | tou |
| skin (hide) | hûd |
| meat (as in flesh) | fleis |
| blood | bloed |
| bone | bonke |
| fat (noun) | fet |
| egg | aai |
| horn | hoarn |
| tail | sturt |
| feather (rather not down) | fear |
| hair | hier |
| head | holle |
| ear | ear |
| eye | each |
| nose | noas |
| mouth | mûle |
| tooth (rather not molar) | tosk |
| tongue | tonge |
| fingernail | fingerneil, neille |
| foot | foet |
| leg | skonk |
| knee | knibbel |
| hand | hân |
| wing | flerk, wjuk |
| belly | búk |
| guts | termen |
| neck | nekke |
| back (ridge) | rêch, tebek |
| breast | boarst |
| heart | hert(e) |
| liver | lever |
| to drink | drinke |
| to eat | ite |
| to bite | bite |
| to suck | sûchje |
| to spit | spuie |
| to vomit | oerjaan, kotse |
| to blow (as wind) | blaze |
| to breathe | asemje, sykhelje |
| to laugh | laitsje |
| to see | sjen |
| to hear | hearre |
| to know | witte |
| to think | tinke |
| to smell (sense odor) | rûke |
| to fear | bang wêze |
| to sleep | sliepe |
| to live | libje |
| to die | stjerre, deagean |
| to kill | deadzje, deadwaan, |
| to fight (physically) | fjochtsje |
| to hunt (transitive) | jeie |
| to hit | slaan, reitsje |
| to cut | snije |
| to split | splite |
| to stab (or stick) | stekke |
| to scratch (an itch) | skraabje |
| to dig | grave |
| to swim | swimme |
| to fly | fleane |
| to walk | rinne |
| to come | komme |
| to lie (as on one's side) | lizze |
| to sit | sitte |
| to stand | stean |
| to turn (change direction) | draaie |
| to fall (as in drop) | falle |
| to give | jaan |
| to hold (in one's hand) | hâlde |
| to squeeze | knipe |
| to rub | rosse |
| to wash | waskje |
| to wipe | feie |
| to pull (drag) | lûke |
| to push | triuwe |
| to throw (cast) | goaie |
| to tie (bind) | bine |
| to sew | naaie |
| to count | telle |
| to say | sizze |
| to sing | sjonge |
| to play | spylje, boartsje |
| to float | driuwe |
| to flow | floeie |
| to freeze | frieze |
| to swell | swolgje |
| sun | sinne |
| moon | moanne |
| star | stjer |
| water | wetter |
| to rain | reine |
| river | rivier |
| lake | mar |
| sea (as in ocean) | see |
| salt | sâlt |
| stone | stien |
| sand | sân |
| dust | stof |
| earth (as in soil) | ierde |
| cloud | wolk |
| fog | dize |
| sky | loft |
| wind (as in breeze) | wyn |
| snow | snie |
| ice | iis |
| smoke | smoke |
| fire | fjoer |
| ash | jiske |
| to burn (intransitive) | bârne |
| road | dyk/wei/reed |
| mountain | berch |
| red | read |
| green | grien |
| yellow | giel |
| white | wyt |
| black (swart) | swart |
| night | nacht |
| day (daytime) | dei |
| year | jier |
| warm (as in weather) | waarm |
| cold (as in weather) | kâld |
| full | fol |
| new | nij |
| old | âld |
| good | goed |
| bad | min |
| rotten (as a log) | ferrotte |
| dirty | smoarch |
| straight | rjocht |
| round | rûn |
| sharp (as a knife) | skerp |
| dull (as a knife) | stomp |
| smooth | glêd |
| wet | wiet |
| dry (adjective) | droech |
| correct | korrekt |
| near | tichteby |
| far | fier |
| right (side) | rjochts |