These are the 100 most useful Turkish 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 Turkish.
| # | Word | Turkish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the apple | elma |
| 2 | the book | kitap |
| 3 | the cat | kedi |
| 4 | the dog | köpek |
| 5 | the car | araba |
| 6 | the house | ev |
| 7 | the chair | sandalye |
| 8 | the table | masa |
| 9 | the window | pencere |
| 10 | the door | kapı |
| 11 | the pencil | kalem |
| 12 | the paper | kağıt |
| 13 | the school | okul |
| 14 | the teacher | öğretmen |
| 15 | the student | öğrenci |
| 16 | the boy | oğlan |
| 17 | the girl | kız |
| 18 | the adult | yetişkin |
| 19 | the friend | arkadaş |
| 20 | the tree | ağaç |
| 21 | the flower | çiçek |
| 22 | the river | nehir |
| 23 | the mountain | dağ |
| 24 | the beach | plaj |
| 25 | the sun | güneş |
| 26 | the moon | ay |
| 27 | the star | yıldız |
| 28 | the cloud | bulut |
| 29 | the rain | yağmur |
| 30 | the snow | kar |
| 31 | the wind | rüzgar |
| 32 | the fire | ateş |
| 33 | the water | su |
| 34 | the food | yemek |
| 35 | the drink | içecek |
| 36 | the cup | fincan |
| 37 | the bottle | şişe |
| 38 | the plate | tabak |
| 39 | the spoon | kaşık |
| 40 | the fork | çatal |
| 41 | the knife | bıçak |
| 42 | the breakfast | kahvaltı |
| 43 | the lunch | öğle yemeği |
| 44 | the dinner | akşam yemeği |
| 45 | the fruit | meyve |
| 46 | the vegetable | sebze |
| 47 | the bread | ekmek |
| 48 | the butter | tereyağı |
| 49 | the cheese | peynir |
| 50 | the milk | süt |
| 51 | the coffee | kahve |
| 52 | the tea | çay |
| 53 | the juice | meyve suyu |
| 54 | the soda | gazoz |
| 55 | the chocolate | çikolata |
| 56 | the candy | şeker |
| 57 | the cookie | kurabiye |
| 58 | the cake | pasta |
| 59 | the rice | pirinç |
| 60 | the pasta | makarna |
| 61 | the fish | balık |
| 62 | the chicken | tavuk |
| 63 | the beef | dana eti |
| 64 | the egg | yumurta |
| 65 | the soup | çorba |
| 66 | the salad | salata |
| 67 | the sandwich | sandviç |
| 68 | the pizza | pizza |
| 69 | the ice cream | dondurma |
| 70 | the cereal | mısır gevreği |
| 71 | the honey | bal |
| 72 | the sugar | şeker |
| 73 | the salt | tuz |
| 74 | the pepper | biber |
| 75 | the tomato | domates |
| 76 | the potato | patates |
| 77 | the onion | soğan |
| 78 | the carrot | havuç |
| 79 | the lettuce | marul |
| 80 | the cucumber | salatalık |
| 81 | the banana | muz |
| 82 | the orange | portakal |
| 83 | the grapefruit | greyfurt |
| 84 | the strawberry | çilek |
| 85 | the grape | üzüm |
| 86 | the lemon | limon |
| 87 | the lime | misket limonu |
| 88 | the cherry | kiraz |
| 89 | the watermelon | karpuz |
| 90 | the pineapple | ananas |
| 91 | the mango | mango |
| 92 | the kiwi | kivi |
| 93 | the peach | şeftali |
| 94 | the pear | armut |
| 95 | the plum | erik |
| 96 | the berry | çilekgiller |
| 97 | the melon | kavun |
| 98 | the phone | telefon |
| 99 | the computer | bilgisayar |
| 100 | the television | televizyon |
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 Turkish - 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 native-speaker 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.