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A2 Dutch listening practice · 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 het eigenlijk best wel eng, want het is mijn eerste keer dat ik dit doe en ik ben eigenlijk wel een beetje nerveus.
Hear "eigenlijk wel" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 52s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 200 words per minute, rated 3.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Music - Songs, artists, genres, and music culture.

Vocabulary frequency

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

91.9%
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

90.2%
Top 1,000
91.9%
Top 2,000
95.1%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

92.4%
Top 1,000
96.6%
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.

muziekconcours
Rare / outside top 5,000
music competition
muziekorkesten
Rare / outside top 5,000
wmc
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) World Music Contest — music event
nerveus
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
nervous
wereldkampioen geworden
became world champion in music competition

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

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