The fastest words to learn are the ones you see most. This deck lists the 60 most common Greek words, each with a clear English meaning and a real example sentence. Study them below, or download the deck for Anki or Quizlet.
The best Greek flashcards to learn first are the words you meet most often. This free deck pairs the 60 most common Greek words, like σπίτι, νερό, ψωμί, with a plain English meaning and a real example sentence for each. Download it as a CSV for Anki or Quizlet, or learn the words in context by reading.
CSV columns are word, translation, example (with a header row). Ready to import into Anki, Quizlet, or any spaced-repetition app.
60 most common Greek words · Updated July 2026
| Greek | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| σπίτι | house; home | Το σπίτι μου είναι μεγάλο. |
| νερό | water | Θέλω ένα ποτήρι νερό. |
| ψωμί | bread | Αγοράζω ψωμί από τον φούρνο. |
| άνθρωπος | person; human being | Είναι καλός άνθρωπος. |
| γυναίκα | woman; wife | Η γυναίκα διαβάζει ένα βιβλίο. |
| άντρας | man; husband | Ο άντρας μου λέγεται Γιώργος. |
| παιδί | child | Το παιδί παίζει στον κήπο. |
| φίλος | friend | Είναι ο καλύτερος φίλος μου. |
| οικογένεια | family | Η οικογένειά μου είναι μεγάλη. |
| χρόνος | time; year | Δεν έχω χρόνο σήμερα. |
| μέρα | day | Σήμερα είναι ωραία μέρα. |
| νύχτα | night | Δουλεύει όλη τη νύχτα. |
| πόλη | city; town | Η Αθήνα είναι μεγάλη πόλη. |
| δρόμος | street; road | Ο δρόμος είναι μακρύς. |
| αυτοκίνητο | car | Αγόρασα καινούριο αυτοκίνητο. |
| βιβλίο | book | Διαβάζω ένα βιβλίο. |
| σχολείο | school | Τα παιδιά πάνε στο σχολείο. |
| δουλειά | work; job | Έχω πολλή δουλειά σήμερα. |
| χρήμα | money | Χρειάζομαι χρήματα για το ταξίδι. |
| φαγητό | food; meal | Το φαγητό είναι νόστιμο. |
| καφές | coffee | Θέλεις έναν καφέ; |
| αγάπη | love | Η αγάπη είναι σημαντική. |
| χέρι | hand | Δώσε μου το χέρι σου. |
| μάτι | eye | Έχει μπλε μάτια. |
| κεφάλι | head | Πονάει το κεφάλι μου. |
| καρδιά | heart | Η καρδιά μου χτυπάει γρήγορα. |
| είμαι | to be | Είμαι από την Ελλάδα. |
| έχω | to have | Έχω δύο αδέρφια. |
| κάνω | to do; to make | Τι κάνεις; |
| πηγαίνω | to go | Πηγαίνω στη δουλειά. |
| έρχομαι | to come | Έρχομαι αμέσως. |
| θέλω | to want | Θέλω να μάθω ελληνικά. |
| μπορώ | can; to be able to | Μπορώ να σε βοηθήσω. |
| ξέρω | to know | Δεν ξέρω την απάντηση. |
| βλέπω | to see | Βλέπω τη θάλασσα από εδώ. |
| λέω | to say; to tell | Τι λες; |
| τρώω | to eat | Τρώω πρωινό κάθε μέρα. |
| πίνω | to drink | Πίνω τσάι το πρωί. |
| αγαπώ | to love | Σ' αγαπώ πολύ. |
| μιλάω | to speak; to talk | Μιλάω λίγο ελληνικά. |
| δουλεύω | to work | Δουλεύω σε ένα γραφείο. |
| καταλαβαίνω | to understand | Δεν καταλαβαίνω. |
| καλός | good | Είναι καλός δάσκαλος. |
| κακός | bad | Ο καιρός είναι κακός σήμερα. |
| μεγάλος | big; large | Έχουν ένα μεγάλο σπίτι. |
| μικρός | small | Έχει έναν μικρό σκύλο. |
| νέος | new; young | Είναι πολύ νέος για αυτή τη δουλειά. |
| παλιός | old | Αυτό είναι ένα παλιό βιβλίο. |
| ωραίος | nice; beautiful | Έχεις ωραία μαλλιά. |
| όμορφος | beautiful; handsome | Είναι πολύ όμορφη γυναίκα. |
| δύσκολος | difficult; hard | Η εξέταση ήταν δύσκολη. |
| εύκολος | easy | Αυτό το παιχνίδι είναι εύκολο. |
| και | and | Εγώ και εσύ είμαστε φίλοι. |
| ή | or | Θέλεις τσάι ή καφέ; |
| αλλά | but | Θέλω να έρθω, αλλά δεν μπορώ. |
| όχι | no | Όχι, ευχαριστώ. |
| ναι | yes | Ναι, φυσικά. |
| τώρα | now | Πρέπει να φύγω τώρα. |
| εδώ | here | Έλα εδώ. |
| εκεί | there | Το βιβλίο είναι εκεί. |
Flashcards fix words in memory; reading teaches you to use them. Lingo7 lets you read real books in Greek with sentence-aligned translation and native-narrated audio, and save any word to review later. Free to start.
The deck is built from high-frequency words, the ones that make up most of everyday Greek. Learning them first gives you the biggest return per card, because you will meet them again and again the moment you start reading or listening.
Flashcards work best with spaced repetition: review a card, and if you knew it, wait longer before seeing it again. Anki and Quizlet both do this automatically. Download the CSV, import it, and review a few minutes a day. Keep the example sentence on the card so you learn how the word actually behaves, not just its dictionary gloss.
One honest limit: flashcards build recognition, but you learn to use a word by meeting it in real context. Pair this deck with reading. When a word you drilled shows up in a story, it stops being a flashcard and becomes part of the language. That pairing is what reading in Lingo7 is built for.
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Start with the most frequent words. A few thousand high-frequency Greek words cover the majority of everyday text, so each of those cards pays off far more than a rare one. This deck gives you the top 60 to begin with, each with a meaning and an example sentence, so you learn the word in context rather than in isolation. When a card sticks, meet the word again in a real book to lock it in.
Click Download CSV to save the deck, then in Anki choose File, Import and select the file. Map the first column to the front (the Greek word) and the second to the back (the meaning); the third column holds an example sentence you can add to the back too. The first row is a header, so tell Anki to ignore it or delete that one card. For Quizlet, use Copy for Quizlet and paste into the import box with Tab between term and definition.
Flashcards are excellent for building recognition and drilling the first few thousand words, but on their own they teach words out of context. You learn to use Greek, not just recognize it, by reading and hearing the words in real sentences. The efficient combination is flashcards for raw vocabulary plus reading for context, collocation and grammar. That is exactly what Lingo7 is built around.
Roughly 2,000 to 3,000 common words cover most everyday Greek text, and around 5,000 gets you comfortably through many novels. You do not need all of them before you start: with sentence-aligned translation you can begin reading real Greek at a couple of thousand words and pick up the rest from context. This deck is a fast way to front-load the most useful 60.