Een wasongeluk wordt een modetrend
A2 Dutch listening practice · Surinamese Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "nou ja" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch discourse marker. A Dutch discourse marker meaning "well..." — a soft hedge or resigned shrug, depending on tone.
“Of nou ja, ik noem maar wat.”
Hear "nou ja" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 1:40 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 226 words per minute, rated 3.3/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.
- ▸Fashion & Beauty - Style, outfits, skincare, and beauty routines.
- ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
84.1%
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
75.2%
Top 1,000
84.1%
Top 2,000
92.9%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
87.3%
Top 1,000
92.2%
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.
ongelukje
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
small accident
bleekmiddel
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
bleach
foutjes
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
small mistakes
meegewassen
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
washed in
klein foutje maakt
1×
small mistake made by someone
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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