Drie angsten die bijna iedereen herkent
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "een beetje" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch idiom. A Dutch hedge — "a little" or "a bit" — both literal quantifier and pragmatic softener.
“Maar dan heb je net als bijna iedereen op deze aardbodem last van een beetje faalangst.”
Hear "een beetje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 1:00 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 250 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, 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?
92.3%
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
88%
Top 1,000
92.3%
Top 2,000
97%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
90.6%
Top 1,000
95.5%
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.
aardbodem
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
earth's crust
faalangst
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
fear of failure
hagelslag
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
chocolate sprinkles
spekjes
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
small candy pieces
sportwedstrijd
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sports competition
angst voor het onbekende
1×
fear of what is unfamiliar or unknown
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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