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A1 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "even kijken" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch even + verb construction. A Dutch hesitation marker — "let me see" or "give me a sec" — using the time-softener even.

Ja, laat me even kijken.
Hear "even kijken" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 47s video in Dutch at A1 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 200 words per minute, rated 2.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
  • Shopping - Shopping hauls, online shopping, and consumer culture.
  • Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A1 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

90.6%
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

89.4%
Top 1,000
90.6%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

94%
Top 1,000
98.8%
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 A1 level.

komkommers
Rare / outside top 5,000
wortelen
Rare / outside top 5,000
tomaten
Top 5,000
alstublieft
Top 5,000Common in speech
please
verse
Top 5,000Common in speech

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

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