Drie zwemmers gered bij Egmond door sterke stroming

WhatsAppGmailTelegramEmail

B1 Dutch listening practice · Flemish Dutch · Curated for intermediate learners

About this clip

A 1:50 video in Dutch at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 185 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
  • Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B1 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

86.8%
Top 1,000
92.3%
Top 2,000
96.1%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

90.4%
Top 1,000
97.3%
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 B1 level.

reddingsbrigade
Rare / outside top 5,000
rescue team
achterwaarts
Rare / outside top 5,000
backward
ademend
Rare / outside top 5,000
breathing
hoogwater
Rare / outside top 5,000
high water
1 slag voorwaarts, 2 slagen achterwaarts
one step forward, two steps back

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

Explore Flemish Dutch Comprehensible Input on Reelang

Open Dutch hub