Ella's chaotische eerste dag op school
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch from the Netherlands · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "nou nee" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch discourse marker. A Dutch soft refusal — "well, no" — hedging the negative answer.
“Nou nee, zitten.”
Hear "nou nee" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 1:27 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 236 words per minute, rated 3.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Parenting & Family - Family life, raising kids, and parenting advice.
- ▸Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
87%
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
81.7%
Top 1,000
87%
Top 2,000
92.9%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
91.1%
Top 1,000
96.2%
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.
klitterig
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
tangled
stiefzusje
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
stepsister
crush
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
crush
borstel
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
brush
crush op die knappe buur
1×
crush on someone
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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