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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "hoezo" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch discourse marker. A Dutch question word meaning "how come?" or "what do you mean?" — the all-purpose challenge to a claim.

“Ja, hoezo?”
Hear "hoezo" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 38s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 214 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Shopping - Shopping hauls, online shopping, and consumer culture.
  • ▸Fashion & Beauty - Style, outfits, skincare, and beauty routines.
  • ▸Parenting & Family - Family life, raising kids, and parenting advice.
  • ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
  • ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.

Vocabulary frequency

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

93.3%
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

91%
Top 1,000
93.3%
Top 2,000
97.8%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

97.7%
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.

pap
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
soft food for babies

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

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