De koe met slaaptekort: een slechte grap

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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "helemaal niet" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch negation pattern. A Dutch emphatic negation — "not at all" — denying completely.

Oké, maar dat was helemaal niet grappig.
Hear "helemaal niet" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 21s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 208 words per minute, rated 2.9/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.
  • Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.

Vocabulary frequency

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

95%
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

85%
Top 1,000
95%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

95%
Top 1,000
97.5%
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.

slaaptekort
Rare / outside top 5,000
sleep deficit
koe
Top 5,000Common in speech
cow
oké
Top 5,000Common in speech
okay

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

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