These are the 100 most useful Croatian words from our 1000-word beginner course - the vocabulary you will hear and use most often. Learn them first and you will understand a surprising amount of everyday Croatian.
| # | Word | Croatian |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the food | hrana |
| 2 | the drink | piće |
| 3 | the cup | šalica |
| 4 | the bottle | boca |
| 5 | the plate | tanjur |
| 6 | the spoon | žlica |
| 7 | the fork | vilica |
| 8 | the knife | nož |
| 9 | the breakfast | doručak |
| 10 | the lunch | ručak |
| 11 | the dinner | večera |
| 12 | the bread | kruh |
| 13 | the butter | maslac |
| 14 | the cheese | sir |
| 15 | the milk | mlijeko |
| 16 | the coffee | kava |
| 17 | the tea | čaj |
| 18 | the juice | sok |
| 19 | the soda | gazirani sok |
| 20 | the rice | riža |
| 21 | the pasta | tjestenina |
| 22 | the fish | riba |
| 23 | the chicken | piletina |
| 24 | the beef | govedina |
| 25 | the egg | jaje |
| 26 | the soup | juha |
| 27 | the salad | salata |
| 28 | the sandwich | sendvič |
| 29 | the pizza | pizza |
| 30 | the cereal | žitarice |
| 31 | the sugar | šećer |
| 32 | the salt | sol |
| 33 | the pepper | papar |
| 34 | the snack | međuobrok |
| 35 | the meal | obrok |
| 36 | the restaurant | restoran |
| 37 | the cafe | kafić |
| 38 | the bakery | pekara |
| 39 | the cafeteria | menza |
| 40 | the dough | tijesto |
| 41 | the pan | tava |
| 42 | the pot | lonac |
| 43 | the bowl | zdjela |
| 44 | the meat | meso |
| 45 | the flavor | okus |
| 46 | the toast | tost |
| 47 | the yogurt | jogurt |
| 48 | the spice | začin |
| 49 | the teacup | šalica za čaj |
| 50 | the lemonade | limunada |
| 51 | the jar | staklenka |
| 52 | the milkshake | milkshake |
| 53 | the vinegar | ocat |
| 54 | the waiter | konobar |
| 55 | the beer | pivo |
| 56 | the noodle | rezanac |
| 57 | the cork | čep |
| 58 | the wine | vino |
| 59 | the sausage | kobasica |
| 60 | the pitcher | vrč |
| 61 | the glass | čaša |
| 62 | the grapefruit juice | sok od grejpa |
| 63 | the bill | račun |
| 64 | the menu | jelovnik |
| 65 | the bagel | pecivo |
| 66 | the pancake | palačinka |
| 67 | the chocolate | čokolada |
| 68 | the candy | bombon |
| 69 | the cookie | keks |
| 70 | the cake | kolač |
| 71 | the ice cream | sladoled |
| 72 | the honey | med |
| 73 | the bubblegum | žvakaća guma |
| 74 | the gummy | gumeni bombon |
| 75 | the marshmallow | sljezov kolačić |
| 76 | the syrup | sirup |
| 77 | the cocoa | kakao |
| 78 | the popcorn | kokice |
| 79 | the sundae | sladoledni kup |
| 80 | the cotton candy | šećerna vuna |
| 81 | the custard | krema od vanilije |
| 82 | the dessert | desert |
| 83 | the jellybean | žele bombon |
| 84 | the lollipop | lizalica |
| 85 | the jelly | žele |
| 86 | the gingerbread | paprenjak |
| 87 | the waffle | vafel |
| 88 | the pastry | pecivo |
| 89 | the pie | pita |
| 90 | the cupcake | kolačić |
| 91 | the muffin | mufin |
| 92 | the donut | krafna |
| 93 | the biscuit | keks |
| 94 | the apple pie | pita od jabuka |
| 95 | the carrot cake | kolač od mrkve |
| 96 | the chocolate cake | čokoladna torta |
| 97 | the pumpkin pie | pita od bundeve |
| 98 | the apricot jam | džem od marelica |
| 99 | the jam | marmelada |
| 100 | the apple | jabuka |
The 100 most frequent words cover about half of everyday spoken language. With the full 1000-word core vocabulary you understand around 85% of typical conversations in Croatian - enough to follow along and make yourself understood.
They are the most frequently used words of the language, selected by word frequency. Every one of them will appear again and again in real sentences, so each learned word immediately pays off.
Listen and repeat: every word in the 1000 Words course comes with audio and an example sentence. Combined with spaced repetition in the free vocabulary trainer, most learners master the first 100 words within one to two weeks.