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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.

Een beetje slimmer zelfs.
Hear "een beetje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 19s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 210 words per minute, rated 3.3/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
  • Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
  • Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

91.5%
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
91.5%
Top 2,000
97.9%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

93.3%
Top 1,000
100%
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.

overdrijven
Rare / outside top 5,000
to exaggerate
zelfvertrouwen
Top 5,000
self-confidence
bril
Top 5,000Common in speech
glasses
maar niet overdrijven
but don't exaggerate

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

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