Koeien slurpen ons water op: de droogtecrisis

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B2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch from the Netherlands · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 5:17 video in Dutch at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 194 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

89.7%
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

84.7%
Top 1,000
89.7%
Top 2,000
94.6%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

93%
Top 1,000
96.9%
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 B2 level.

vitens
5×
Rare / outside top 5,000
water supplier
landbouwsector
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
agricultural sector
agrifacts
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
agricultural products
bromet
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
agricultural machinery
clasht
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
blijven zitten met de shit
1×
stuck with the mess

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

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