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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "eigenlijk wel" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch intensifier or hedge. A Dutch reluctant affirmative — "actually, yes" — agreeing after initial hesitation.

“Als het gewoon lekker weer is, niet te warm, niet te heet, dan men een keer gewoon eigenlijk wel de hele dag aan het fietsen.”
Hear "eigenlijk wel" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 2:58 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 214 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
  • ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

93.1%
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

89.1%
Top 1,000
93.1%
Top 2,000
97.2%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

89.9%
Top 1,000
93.6%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.

wiely
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(proper noun) Wily
zwerven
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to wander

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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