Jip en Janneke in het Rijksmuseum
A2 Dutch listening practice · Flemish Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "eigenlijk wel" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch intensifier or hedge. A Dutch reluctant affirmative — "actually, yes" — agreeing after initial hesitation.
“Ik vind dat eigenlijk wel leuk voor die mevrouw, maar ik vind dat daar niet in passen, want daar zitten grote kunstschilders zoals van Gog en Rubens.”
Hear "eigenlijk wel" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 2:10 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 200 words per minute, rated 3.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.
From Karrewiet van Ketnet↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
88.1%
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
84.4%
Top 1,000
88.1%
Top 2,000
91.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
93%
Top 1,000
98.9%
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.
kunstschilders
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
painters
brooddozen
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
lunchboxes
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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