1000 Most Common Croatian Words

This is a list of the 1,000 most commonly spoken Croatian words. Learn english to croatian words and their meaning.

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1000 Most Common Croatian Words

 

Number	Croatian	in English
1	kao	as
2	ja	I
3	njegov	his
4	da	that
5	on	he
6	bio	was
7	za	for
8	na	on
9	su	are
10	s	with
11	oni	they
12	biti	be
13	na	at
14	jedan	one
15	imati	have
16	ovo	this
17	iz	from
18	od strane	by
19	vruće	hot
20	riječ	word
21	ali	but
22	što	what
23	Neki	some
24	je	is
25	to	it
26	što	you
27	ili	or
28	imala	had
29	biti	the
30	od	of
31	kako bi	to
32	i	and
33	kraj	a
34	u	in
35	smo	we
36	može	can
37	iz	out
38	drugi	other
39	bili su	were
40	koji	which
41	raditi	do
42	svoje	their
43	vrijeme	time
44	ako	if
45	hoće	will
46	kako	how
47	rekao je	said
48	pitaj	an
49	svaki	each
50	reći	tell
51	radi	does
52	skup	set
53	tri	three
54	željeti	want
55	zrak	air
56	dobro	well
57	također	also
58	igrati	play
59	mali	small
60	kraj	end
61	staviti	put
62	Početna	home
63	pročitati	read
64	ruka	hand
65	luka	port
66	veliki	large
67	čarolija	spell
68	dodajte	add
69	još	even
70	zemljište	land
71	ovdje	here
72	mora	must
73	veliki	big
74	visoka	high
75	kao što	such
76	slijediti	follow
77	čin	act
78	zašto	why
79	pitaj	ask
80	muškarci	men
81	promjena	change
82	otišao	went
83	svjetlo	light
84	vrsta	kind
85	isključen	off
86	potrebno	need
87	kuća	house
88	slika	picture
89	probati	try
90	nas	us
91	opet	again
92	životinja	animal
93	točka	point
94	majka	mother
95	svijet	world
96	blizu	near
97	graditi	build
98	samouprave	self
99	zemlja	earth
100	otac	father
101	bilo koji	any
102	nova	new
103	rad	work
104	dio	part
105	potrajati	take
106	dobiti	get
107	mjesto	place
108	napravljen	made
109	živjeti	live
110	gdje	where
111	nakon	after
112	natrag	back
113	malo	little
114	samo	only
115	okrugli	round
116	čovjek	man
117	godine	year
118	došao	came
119	Show	show
120	svaka	every
121	dobro	good
122	ja	me
123	daju	give
124	Naša	our
125	pod	under
126	Naziv	name
127	vrlo	very
128	kroz	through
129	upravo	just
130	obrazac	form
131	rečenica	sentence
132	super	great
133	mislim	think
134	kažu	say
135	pomoći	help
136	niska	low
137	linija	line
138	razlikuju	differ
139	red	turn
140	uzrok	cause
141	mnogo	much
142	znači	mean
143	prije	before
144	potez	move
145	pravo	right
146	dječak	boy
147	stari	old
148	previše	too
149	isti	same
150	ona	she
151	svi	all
152	postoji	there
153	kada	when
154	do	up
155	koristiti	use
156	vaš	your
157	način	way
158	oko	about
159	mnogi	many
160	zatim	then
161	ih	them
162	pisati	write
163	bi	would
164	kao što	like
165	tako	so
166	to	these
167	ju	her
168	dug	long
169	napraviti	make
170	stvar	thing
171	vidjeti	see
172	ga	him
173	dva	two
174	ima	has
175	izgleda	look
176	više	more
177	dan	day
178	mogla	could
179	ići	go
180	dolaze	come
181	učinio	did
182	broj	number
183	zvuk	sound
184	ne	no
185	većina	most
186	ljudi	people
187	Moj	my
188	više	over
189	znam	know
190	voda	water
191	od	than
192	poziv	call
193	prvi	first
194	koji	who
195	svibanj	may
196	prema dolje	down
197	strana	side
198	bio	been
199	sada	now
200	naći	find
201	glava	head
202	stajati	stand
203	vlastita	own
204	stranica	page
205	trebale	should
206	zemlja	country
207	nađen	found
208	odgovor	answer
209	škola	school
210	rasti	grow
211	studija	study
212	još uvijek	still
213	učiti	learn
214	biljka	plant
215	poklopac	cover
216	hrana	food
217	sunce	sun
218	četiri	four
219	između	between
220	stanje	state
221	zadržati	keep
222	očiju	eye
223	nikad	never
224	posljednji	last
225	pustiti	let
226	mislio	thought
227	grad	city
228	stablo	tree
229	križ	cross
230	farma	farm
231	teško	hard
232	početak	start
233	možda	might
234	priča	story
235	pila	saw
236	daleko	far
237	more	sea
238	crtanje	draw
239	napustio	left
240	kasno	late
241	Run	run
242	nemoj	don’t
243	a	while
244	pritisnite	press
245	u blizini	close
246	noć	night
247	real	real
248	život	life
249	nekoliko	few
250	sjeverno	north
251	knjiga	book
252	nose	carry
253	uzeo	took
254	znanost	science
255	jesti	eat
256	soba	room
257	prijatelj	friend
258	počelo	began
259	ideja	idea
260	riba	fish
261	planina	mountain
262	zaustaviti	stop
263	jednom	once
264	baza	base
265	čuju	hear
266	konj	horse
267	rez	cut
268	sigurni	sure
269	gledati	watch
270	boja	color
271	lice	face
272	drva	wood
273	glavni	main
274	otvoren	open
275	čini se	seem
276	zajedno	together
277	sljedeći	next
278	bijela	white
279	Djeca	children
280	početak	begin
281	dobio	got
282	hodati	walk
283	primjer	example
284	ublažavanje	ease
285	papir	paper
286	skupina	group
287	uvijek	always
288	Glazba	music
289	onima	those
290	oboje	both
291	Mark	mark
292	često	often
293	pismo	letter
294	do	until
295	milja	mile
296	rijeka	river
297	automobil	car
298	noge	feet
299	briga	care
300	drugi	second
301	dovoljno	enough
302	obični	plain
303	djevojka	girl
304	uobičajena	usual
305	mladi	young
306	spremni	ready
307	iznad	above
308	ikad	ever
309	crvena	red
310	popis	list
311	iako	though
312	osjećati	feel
313	Razgovor	talk
314	ptica	bird
315	uskoro	soon
316	tijelo	body
317	pas	dog
318	obitelj	family
319	neposredan	direct
320	poza	pose
321	ostavite	leave
322	pjesma	song
323	mjeri	measure
324	vrata	door
325	proizvod	product
326	crn	black
327	Ukratko	short
328	cifra	numeral
329	klasa	class
330	vjetar	wind
331	pitanje	question
332	dogoditi se	happen
333	potpun	complete
334	brod	ship
335	područje	area
336	pola	half
337	stijena	rock
338	poredak	order
339	vatra	fire
340	jug	south
341	problem	problem
342	komad	piece
343	Rekao	told
344	znao	knew
345	proći	pass
346	budući	since
347	Vrh	top
348	cijeli	whole
349	kralj	king
350	ulica	street
351	palac	inch
352	množite	multiply
353	ništa	nothing
354	tečaj	course
355	ostati	stay
356	kotača	wheel
357	puna	full
358	sila	force
359	plava	blue
360	objekt	object
361	odlučite	decide
362	površina	surface
363	duboko	deep
364	mjesec	moon
365	otok	island
366	stopala	foot
367	sistem	system
368	zauzet	busy
369	Test	test
370	rekord	record
371	brod	boat
372	zajednički	common
373	zlato	gold
374	moguće	possible
375	avion	plane
376	Stead	stead
377	suhi	dry
378	Pitam	wonder
379	smijati	laugh
380	tisuća	thousand
381	prije	ago
382	ran	ran
383	provjeriti	check
384	igra	game
385	oblik	shape
386	izjednačiti	equate
387	vruće	hot
388	propustiti	miss
389	donio	brought
390	topline	heat
391	snijeg	snow
392	gume	tire
393	donijeti	bring
394	Da	yes
395	daleka	distant
396	popuniti	fill
397	istočno	east
398	slikati	paint
399	jezik	language
400	među	among
401	jedinica	unit
402	snaga	power
403	grad	town
404	fino	fine
405	siguran	certain
406	letjeti	fly
407	pasti	fall
408	dovesti	lead
409	krik	cry
410	mrak	dark
411	uređaj	machine
412	bilješka	note
413	čekati	wait
414	plan	plan
415	Slika	figure
416	zvijezda	star
417	kutija	box
418	imenica	noun
419	polje	field
420	ostatak	rest
421	točne	correct
422	u mogućnosti	able
423	funta	pound
424	učinjeno	done
425	ljepota	beauty
426	pogon	drive
427	stajao	stood
428	sadrže	contain
429	prednji	front
430	poučavati	teach
431	tjedan	week
432	konačni	final
433	dao	gave
434	zelena	green
435	oh	oh
436	Quick	quick
437	razviti	develop
438	Ocean	ocean
439	toplo	warm
440	besplatno	free
441	minuta	minute
442	jak	strong
443	poseban	special
444	um	mind
445	iza	behind
446	jasno	clear
447	rep	tail
448	proizvesti	produce
449	činjenica	fact
450	prostor	space
451	čula	heard
452	najbolje	best
453	sat	hour
454	bolje	better
455	pravi	true
456	vrijeme	during
457	sto	hundred
458	pet	five
459	zapamtite	remember
460	korak	step
461	rano	early
462	držati	hold
463	zapadno	west
464	tlo	ground
465	interes	interest
466	dostići	reach
467	brzo	fast
468	glagol	verb
469	pjevati	sing
470	slušaj	listen
471	šest	six
472	stol	table
473	putovanje	travel
474	manje	less
475	jutro	morning
476	deset	ten
477	jednostavan	simple
478	nekoliko	several
479	samoglasnik	vowel
480	prema	toward
481	rat	war
482	ležao	lay
483	protiv	against
484	uzorak	pattern
485	spor	slow
486	centar	center
487	volim	love
488	osoba	person
489	novac	money
490	služe	serve
491	pojaviti	appear
492	cesta	road
493	karta	map
494	kiša	rain
495	pravilo	rule
496	vladati	govern
497	povući	pull
498	hladnoće	cold
499	obavijest	notice
500	glas	voice
501	energije	energy
502	Hunt	hunt
503	vjerojatno	probable
504	krevet	bed
505	brat	brother
506	jaje	egg
507	vožnja	ride
508	stanica	cell
509	vjerujem	believe
510	možda	perhaps
511	brati	pick
512	nagli	sudden
513	računati	count
514	trg	square
515	razlog	reason
516	dužina	length
517	predstavljaju	represent
518	umjetnost	art
519	subjekt	subject
520	regija	region
521	veličina	size
522	razlikuju	vary
523	nastaniti	settle
524	govoriti	speak
525	težina	weight
526	opći	general
527	led	ice
528	stvar	matter
529	krug	circle
530	par	pair
531	uključuju	include
532	podijeli	divide
533	slog	syllable
534	osjećao	felt
535	veličanstven	grand
536	lopta	ball
537	još	yet
538	val	wave
539	ispustiti	drop
540	srce	heart
541	ja	am
542	prisutna	present
543	teško	heavy
544	ples	dance
545	motor	engine
546	položaj	position
547	ruka	arm
548	širok	wide
549	jedro	sail
550	materijal	material
551	razlomak	fraction
552	šuma	forest
553	sjediti	sit
554	utrka	race
555	prozor	window
556	trgovina	store
557	ljeto	summer
558	vlak	train
559	spavanje	sleep
560	dokazati	prove
561	usamljeni	lone
562	noga	leg
563	vježba	exercise
564	zid	wall
565	ulov	catch
566	Planina	mount
567	želite	wish
568	nebo	sky
569	peglanje	board
570	radost	joy
571	zima	winter
572	SAT	sat
573	napisano	written
574	divlja	wild
575	instrument	instrument
576	zadržao	kept
577	staklo	glass
578	trava	grass
579	krava	cow
580	posao	job
581	rub	edge
582	znak	sign
583	posjet	visit
584	prošlost	past
585	mekan	soft
586	zabava	fun
587	svijetle	bright
588	plin	gas
589	vremenska prognoza	weather
590	mjesec	month
591	milijuna	million
592	snositi	bear
593	finiš	finish
594	sretna	happy
595	nadam	hope
596	cvijet	flower
597	odijevate	clothe
598	čudno	strange
599	Otišli	gone
600	trgovina	trade
601	melodija	melody
602	putovanje	trip
603	ured	office
604	dobiti	receive
605	red	row
606	usta	mouth
607	točno	exact
608	simbol	symbol
609	umrijeti	die
610	najmanji	least
611	nevolja	trouble
612	povik	shout
613	osim	except
614	pisao	wrote
615	sjeme	seed
616	ton	tone
617	pridruže	join
618	predložiti	suggest
619	čist	clean
620	pauza	break
621	dama	lady
622	dvorište	yard
623	rasti	rise
624	loše	bad
625	udarac	blow
626	ulje	oil
627	krv	blood
628	touch	touch
629	rastao	grew
630	posto	cent
631	mix	mix
632	tim	team
633	žica	wire
634	trošak	cost
635	izgubljen	lost
636	smeđa	brown
637	nosite	wear
638	vrt	garden
639	jednaka	equal
640	poslao	sent
641	odaberite	choose
642	pao	fell
643	pristajati	fit
644	protok	flow
645	fer	fair
646	banka	bank
647	prikupiti	collect
648	spasiti	save
649	kontrola	control
650	decimale	decimal
651	uho	ear
652	drugo	else
653	sasvim	quite
654	razbio	broke
655	slučaj	case
656	srednji	middle
657	ubiti	kill
658	sin	son
659	jezero	lake
660	trenutak	moment
661	razmjera	scale
662	glasno	loud
663	proljeće	spring
664	promatrati	observe
665	dijete	child
666	ravno	straight
667	suglasnika	consonant
668	nacija	nation
669	rječnik	dictionary
670	mlijeko	milk
671	brzina	speed
672	način	method
673	orgulje	organ
674	platiti	pay
675	starost	age
676	dio	section
677	haljina	dress
678	oblak	cloud
679	iznenađenje	surprise
680	tiho	quiet
681	kamena	stone
682	maleni	tiny
683	uspon	climb
684	svjež	cool
685	dizajn	design
686	siromašnih	poor
687	puno	lot
688	eksperiment	experiment
689	dno	bottom
690	ključ	key
691	željezo	iron
692	pojedinačni	single
693	štap	stick
694	stan	flat
695	dvadesetak	twenty
696	koža	skin
697	osmijeh	smile
698	gužvanja	crease
699	rupa	hole
700	skočiti	jump
701	beba	baby
702	osam	eight
703	selo	village
704	Upoznajte	meet
705	korijen	root
706	kupi	buy
707	podizanje	raise
708	riješiti	solve
709	metala	metal
710	da li	whether
711	guranje	push
712	sedam	seven
713	stavak	paragraph
714	treći	third
715	mora	shall
716	održana	held
717	kosa	hair
718	opisati	describe
719	kuharica	cook
720	kat	floor
721	ili	either
722	rezultat	result
723	spali	burn
724	Hill	hill
725	sigurno	safe
726	mačka	cat
727	stoljeća	century
728	razmotriti	consider
729	Tip	type
730	zakon	law
731	malo	bit
732	obala	coast
733	kopija	copy
734	fraza	phrase
735	tihi	silent
736	visok	tall
737	pijesak	sand
738	tlo	soil
739	svitak	roll
740	temperatura	temperature
741	prst	finger
742	industriju	industry
743	vrijednost	value
744	borba	fight
745	laž	lie
746	pobijediti	beat
747	uzbuditi	excite
748	prirodni	natural
749	pogled	view
750	osjećaj	sense
751	kapitala	capital
752	neće	won’t
753	stolica	chair
754	opasnost	danger
755	voće	fruit
756	bogata	rich
757	debela	thick
758	vojnik	soldier
759	proces	process
760	raditi	operate
761	praksa	practice
762	zaseban	separate
763	teško	difficult
764	liječnik	doctor
765	molim	please
766	zaštititi	protect
767	podne	noon
768	usjev	crop
769	moderni	modern
770	Element	element
771	hit	hit
772	student	student
773	kutak	corner
774	stranka	party
775	opskrba	supply
776	čije	whose
777	locirati	locate
778	prsten	ring
779	karakter	character
780	insekata	insect
781	uhvaćen	caught
782	razdoblje	period
783	naznačiti	indicate
784	radio	radio
785	govorio	spoke
786	atom	atom
787	ljudsko	human
788	Povijest	history
789	posljedica	effect
790	električna	electric
791	očekujemo	expect
792	kosti	bone
793	željeznicom	rail
794	zamislite	imagine
795	predvidjeti	provide
796	Slažete	agree
797	tako	thus
798	nježan	gentle
799	žena	woman
800	kapetan	captain
801	pogađati	guess
802	neophodan	necessary
803	oštar	sharp
804	krilo	wing
805	stvoriti	create
806	susjed	neighbor
807	pranje	wash
808	šišmiš	bat
809	radije	rather
810	gomila	crowd
811	kukuruz	corn
812	usporedbu	compare
813	pjesma	poem
814	niz	string
815	zvono	bell
816	ovise	depend
817	meso	meat
818	trljati	rub
819	cijev	tube
820	poznati	famous
921	dolar	dollar
822	potok	stream
823	strah	fear
284	prizor	sight
825	tanak	thin
826	trokut	triangle
827	planet	planet
828	požuriti	hurry
829	glavni	chief
830	kolonija	colony
831	sat	clock
832	rudnik	mine
833	vezati	tie
834	ući	enter
835	glavni	major
836	svježi	fresh
837	pretraživanje	search
838	poslati	send
839	žuta	yellow
840	puška	gun
841	dopustiti	allow
842	Ispis	print
843	mrtvih	dead
844	mjesto	spot
845	pustinja	desert
846	odijelo	suit
847	tekući	current
848	lift	lift
840	ruža	rose
850	stići	arrive
851	majstor	master
852	staza	track
853	roditelj	parent
854	prikljucak	shore
855	podjela	division
856	list	sheet
857	tvar	substance
858	naklonost	favor
859	povezivanje	connect
860	poslije	post
861	potrošiti	spend
862	akord	chord
863	masti	fat
864	drago	glad
865	izvorna	original
866	udio	share
867	kolodvor	station
868	tata	dad
869	kruh	bread
870	naplatiti	charge
871	pravi	proper
872	bar	bar
873	ponuda	offer
874	segment	segment
875	rob	slave
876	patka	duck
877	Instant	instant
878	tržište	market
879	stepen	degree
880	naseliti	populate
881	pilić	chick
882	draga	dear
883	neprijatelj	enemy
884	odgovori	reply
885	piće	drink
886	pojaviti	occur
887	podrška	support
888	govor	speech
889	priroda	nature
890	domet	range
891	para	steam
892	prijedlog	motion
893	put	path
894	tekućina	liquid
895	klada	log
896	značio	meant
897	kvocijent	quotient
898	zubi	teeth
899	Shell	shell
900	vrat	neck
901	kisika	oxygen
902	šećer	sugar
903	smrt	death
904	prilično	pretty
905	vještina	skill
906	žene	women
907	sezona	season
908	otopina	solution
909	magnet	magnet
910	srebro	silver
911	zahvaljujem	thank
912	grana	branch
913	Susret	match
914	sufiks	suffix
915	pogotovo	especially
916	Slika	fig
917	bojati	afraid
918	ogroman	huge
919	sestra	sister
920	čelik	steel
921	raspravljati	discuss
922	naprijed	forward
923	sličan	similar
924	voditi	guide
925	iskustvo	experience
926	postići	score
927	jabuka	apple
928	kupio	bought
929	dovelo	led
930	Pitch	pitch
931	kaput	coat
932	masa	mass
933	kartice	card
934	bend	band
935	konop	rope
936	slip	slip
937	pobjeda	win
938	sanjati	dream
939	večer	evening
940	stanje	condition
941	hrane	feed
942	alat	tool
943	ukupan	total
944	osnovna	basic
945	miris	smell
946	dolina	valley
947	niti	nor
948	dvostruka	double
949	sjedište	seat
950	nastaviti	continue
951	blokirati	block
952	grafikon	chart
953	šešir	hat
954	prodajemo	sell
955	uspjeh	success
956	tvrtka	company
957	oduzmite	subtract
958	događaj	event
959	Konkretno	particular
960	dio	deal
961	kupanje	swim
962	pojam	term
963	nasuprot	opposite
964	žena	wife
965	cipela	shoe
966	ramena	shoulder
967	širenje	spread
968	urediti	arrange
969	kamp	camp
970	izmišljati	invent
971	pamuk	cotton
972	Born	born
973	utvrdilo	determine
974	pošteda	quart
975	devet	nine
976	kamion	truck
977	buka	noise
978	razina	level
979	šanse	chance
980	okupljaju	gather
981	dućan	shop
982	stretch	stretch
983	bacati	throw
984	sjaj	shine
985	svojstvo	property
986	stupac	column
987	molekula	molecule
988	odaberite	select
989	pogrešno	wrong
990	siv	gray
991	ponoviti	repeat
992	zahtijevati	require
993	široka	broad
994	pripremi	prepare
995	sol	salt
996	nos	nose
997	množini	plural
998	ljutnja	anger
999	tvrdnja	claim
1000	kontinent	continent