Bedankje aan kijkers en gelukkig nieuwjaar
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "nou ja" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch discourse marker. A Dutch discourse marker meaning "well..." — a soft hedge or resigned shrug, depending on tone.
“Nou ja, dat is dus allemaal dankzij jullie en daar zijn we jullie allemaal heel erg dankbaar voor. Teun. Wat?”
Hear "nou ja" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 48s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 231 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
From Dylan Haegens Shorts↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
90.6%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Dutch words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Dutch.
General Dutch frequency
89.3%
Top 1,000
90.6%
Top 2,000
94.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
92.2%
Top 1,000
97.2%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-Dutch data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.
afsteken
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to set off (fireworks)
gemalen afsteken
1×
celebrate loudly or boisterously
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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