De wasmachine doet het niet

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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "zal ik" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch modal-and-pronoun pairing. A Dutch offer-of-action — "shall I" — using zullen to propose doing something for the listener.

Dat zal ik doen.
Hear "zal ik" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 49s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 218 words per minute, rated 3.5/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
  • Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.

Vocabulary frequency

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

92%
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%
Top 1,000
92%
Top 2,000
95.6%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

93.5%
Top 1,000
99.1%
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.

huisbaas
Rare / outside top 5,000
landlord
stopcontact
Rare / outside top 5,000
power outlet
wasmachine
Rare / outside top 5,000
(brand) wasmachine — washing machine
stekker
Rare / outside top 5,000
plug
monteur
Rare / outside top 5,000
repairman
zo snel mogelijk
as quickly as possible

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

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