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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "toch niet" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch discourse marker. A Dutch negative tag — "you're not... are you?" — using toch to flag soft concern about an expected "no."

“Nou en, sinterklaas bestaat toch niet. Ja. Idiot.”
Hear "toch niet" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 17s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 228 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
  • ▸Parenting & Family - Family life, raising kids, and parenting advice.
  • ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.

Vocabulary frequency

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

90.7%
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

86%
Top 1,000
90.7%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

95%
Top 1,000
95%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

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

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