These are the 100 most useful Polish 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 Polish.
| # | Word | Polish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the food | jedzenie |
| 2 | the drink | napój |
| 3 | the cup | filiżanka |
| 4 | the bottle | butelka |
| 5 | the plate | talerz |
| 6 | the spoon | łyżka |
| 7 | the fork | widelec |
| 8 | the knife | nóż |
| 9 | the breakfast | śniadanie |
| 10 | the lunch | obiad |
| 11 | the dinner | kolacja |
| 12 | the bread | chleb |
| 13 | the butter | masło |
| 14 | the cheese | ser |
| 15 | the milk | mleko |
| 16 | the coffee | kawa |
| 17 | the tea | herbata |
| 18 | the juice | sok |
| 19 | the soda | napój gazowany |
| 20 | the rice | ryż |
| 21 | the pasta | makaron |
| 22 | the fish | ryba |
| 23 | the chicken | kurczak |
| 24 | the beef | wołowina |
| 25 | the egg | jajko |
| 26 | the soup | zupa |
| 27 | the salad | sałatka |
| 28 | the sandwich | kanapka |
| 29 | the pizza | pizza |
| 30 | the cereal | płatki śniadaniowe |
| 31 | the sugar | cukier |
| 32 | the salt | sól |
| 33 | the pepper | pieprz |
| 34 | the snack | przekąska |
| 35 | the meal | posiłek |
| 36 | the restaurant | restauracja |
| 37 | the cafe | kawiarnia |
| 38 | the bakery | piekarnia |
| 39 | the cafeteria | stołówka |
| 40 | the dough | ciasto |
| 41 | the pan | patelnia |
| 42 | the pot | garnek |
| 43 | the bowl | miska |
| 44 | the meat | mięso |
| 45 | the flavor | smak |
| 46 | the toast | tost / opiekaniec |
| 47 | the yogurt | jogurt |
| 48 | the spice | przyprawa |
| 49 | the teacup | filiżanka |
| 50 | the lemonade | lemoniada |
| 51 | the jar | słoik |
| 52 | the milkshake | shake mleczny |
| 53 | the vinegar | ocet |
| 54 | the waiter | kelner |
| 55 | the beer | piwo |
| 56 | the noodle | kluska |
| 57 | the cork | korek |
| 58 | the wine | wino |
| 59 | the sausage | kiełbasa |
| 60 | the pitcher | dzbanek |
| 61 | the glass | szklanka |
| 62 | the grapefruit juice | sok grejpfrutowy |
| 63 | the bill | rachunek |
| 64 | the menu | menu |
| 65 | the bagel | bajgiel |
| 66 | the pancake | naleśnik |
| 67 | the chocolate | czekolada |
| 68 | the candy | cukierek |
| 69 | the cookie | ciastko |
| 70 | the cake | ciasto |
| 71 | the ice cream | lody |
| 72 | the honey | miód |
| 73 | the bubblegum | guma balonowa |
| 74 | the gummy | żelki |
| 75 | the marshmallow | pianka marshmallow |
| 76 | the syrup | syrop |
| 77 | the cocoa | kakao |
| 78 | the popcorn | popcorn |
| 79 | the sundae | deser lodowy |
| 80 | the cotton candy | wata cukrowa |
| 81 | the custard | budyń |
| 82 | the dessert | deser |
| 83 | the jellybean | żelki |
| 84 | the lollipop | lizak |
| 85 | the jelly | galaretka |
| 86 | the gingerbread | piernik |
| 87 | the waffle | gofr |
| 88 | the pastry | ciasto / wypiek |
| 89 | the pie | placek |
| 90 | the cupcake | babeczka |
| 91 | the muffin | muffinka |
| 92 | the donut | pączek |
| 93 | the biscuit | herbatnik |
| 94 | the apple pie | placek jabłkowy |
| 95 | the carrot cake | marchewkowe ciasto |
| 96 | the chocolate cake | ciasto czekoladowe |
| 97 | the pumpkin pie | placek z dyni |
| 98 | the apricot jam | dżem morelowy |
| 99 | the jam | dżem |
| 100 | the apple | jabłko |
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 Polish - 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.