Ik wil burgemeester worden: Een emotionele speech
B1 Dutch listening practice · Dutch from the Netherlands · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 58s video in Dutch at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 221 words per minute, rated 3.6/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
86%
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
83.9%
Top 1,000
86%
Top 2,000
92.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
91%
Top 1,000
94%
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 B1 level.
superleuk
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
super fun
voorgrond
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
foreground
geïrriteerd
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
irritated
target
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
target
dorpelingen
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
villagers
op de voorgrond staan
1×
to be in the spotlight or prominent
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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