Hoe hoog kan een heliumballon echt vliegen?
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "zeg maar" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch imperative softener with maar. A Dutch hedge meaning "kind of" or "let's say" — usable as filler or as an invitation to speak.
“Dat ze echt helemaal tot het heelal tot in de ruimte zeg maar gaan?”
Hear "zeg maar" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 3:06 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 205 words per minute, rated 3.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
- ▸Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.
From Het Klokhuis↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
89.4%
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
83.6%
Top 1,000
89.4%
Top 2,000
95.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
93.2%
Top 1,000
97.6%
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.
helium
7×
Rare / outside top 5,000
helium (noble gas)
heliumballon
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
helium balloon
mhmm
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
mhm (expression of agreement)
pomp
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
pump
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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