Hoe zeg jij humus?
A2 Dutch listening practice · 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.
“Nou ja, wij wij maken het natuurlijk in Nederlands. Ja.”
Hear "nou ja" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 46s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 227 words per minute, rated 3.5/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
- ▸Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
95.7%
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
94%
Top 1,000
95.7%
Top 2,000
99.1%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
94.5%
Top 1,000
97.3%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.
humus
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
organic material in soil
Nederlandse ja twist gegeven
1×
gave it a Dutch touch or version
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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