Chaos in de keuken met een druk kind
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "even wachten" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch even + verb construction. A Dutch "just hold on" — combining even (briefly) with wachten (wait) for a soft pause request.
“even wachten.”
Hear "even wachten" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "even wachten" in Dutch 
About this clip
A 30s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 225 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
- ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
- ▸Parenting & Family - Family life, raising kids, and parenting advice.
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
From Sarkis Sako↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
95.1%
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
92.2%
Top 1,000
95.1%
Top 2,000
98%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
95.9%
Top 1,000
100%
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.
craft
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
skill or art
gebaal
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
frustration or annoyance
mhmm
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
acknowledgment sound
poppetjes
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
little dolls or figures
spaghetti
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
type of pasta
blik in je nek
1×
look over your shoulder frequently
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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