Circusfestival in Antwerpen met vliegende trapeze

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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "echt wel" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch intensifier or hedge. A Dutch defiant affirmative — "really, definitely" — asserting against doubt.

“Dus dat is echt wel een goede plan als je dingen wilt doen met acrobatie.”
Hear "echt wel" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 1:26 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 205 words per minute, rated 3.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

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Vocabulary frequency

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

92.7%
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

91.2%
Top 1,000
92.7%
Top 2,000
97.6%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

97.4%
Top 1,000
98.5%
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.

trapeze
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(brand) trapeze — aerial apparatus
acrobaten
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
acrobats
gevorderden
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
advanced practitioners

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

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