These are the 100 most useful Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian.
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| # | Word | Ukrainian |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the apple | яблуко |
| 2 | the book | книга |
| 3 | the cat | кіт |
| 4 | the dog | собака |
| 5 | the car | автомобіль |
| 6 | the house | будинок |
| 7 | the chair | стілець |
| 8 | the table | стіл |
| 9 | the window | вікно |
| 10 | the door | двері |
| 11 | the pencil | олівець |
| 12 | the paper | папір |
| 13 | the school | школа |
| 14 | the teacher | вчитель |
| 15 | the student | учень |
| 16 | the boy | хлопець |
| 17 | the girl | дівчинка |
| 18 | the adult | дорослий |
| 19 | the friend | друг |
| 20 | the tree | дерево |
| 21 | the flower | квітка |
| 22 | the river | річка |
| 23 | the mountain | гора |
| 24 | the beach | пляж |
| 25 | the sun | сонце |
| 26 | the moon | місяць |
| 27 | the star | зірка |
| 28 | the cloud | хмара |
| 29 | the rain | дощ |
| 30 | the snow | сніг |
| 31 | the wind | вітер |
| 32 | the fire | вогонь |
| 33 | the water | вода |
| 34 | the food | їжа |
| 35 | the drink | напій |
| 36 | the cup | чашка |
| 37 | the bottle | пляшка |
| 38 | the plate | тарілка |
| 39 | the spoon | ложка |
| 40 | the fork | виделка |
| 41 | the knife | ніж |
| 42 | the breakfast | сніданок |
| 43 | the lunch | обід |
| 44 | the dinner | вечеря |
| 45 | the fruit | фрукти |
| 46 | the vegetable | овочі |
| 47 | the bread | хліб |
| 48 | the butter | масло |
| 49 | the cheese | сир |
| 50 | the milk | молоко |
| 51 | the coffee | кава |
| 52 | the tea | чай |
| 53 | the juice | сік |
| 54 | the soda | лимонад |
| 55 | the chocolate | шоколад |
| 56 | the candy | цукерка |
| 57 | the cookie | печиво |
| 58 | the cake | пиріг |
| 59 | the rice | рис |
| 60 | the pasta | паста |
| 61 | the fish | риба |
| 62 | the chicken | курка |
| 63 | the beef | яловичина |
| 64 | the egg | яйце |
| 65 | the soup | суп |
| 66 | the salad | салат |
| 67 | the sandwich | сендвіч |
| 68 | the pizza | піца |
| 69 | the ice cream | морозиво |
| 70 | the cereal | мюслі |
| 71 | the honey | мед |
| 72 | the sugar | цукор |
| 73 | the salt | сіль |
| 74 | the pepper | перець |
| 75 | the tomato | помідор |
| 76 | the potato | картопля |
| 77 | the onion | цибуля |
| 78 | the carrot | морква |
| 79 | the lettuce | салат |
| 80 | the cucumber | огірок |
| 81 | the banana | банан |
| 82 | the orange | апельсин |
| 83 | the strawberry | полуниця |
| 84 | the grape | виноградина |
| 85 | the lemon | лимон |
| 86 | the cherry | вишня |
| 87 | the watermelon | кавун |
| 88 | the pineapple | ананас |
| 89 | the mango | манго |
| 90 | the kiwi | ківі |
| 91 | the peach | персик |
| 92 | the pear | груша |
| 93 | the plum | слива |
| 94 | the berry | ягода |
| 95 | the apple | яблуко |
| 96 | the book | книга |
| 97 | the melon | диня |
| 98 | the phone | телефон |
| 99 | the computer | комп’ютер |
| 100 | the television | телевізор |
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 Ukrainian - 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.