Leven in eenzaamheid op een eilandje in de polder
B2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:30 video in Dutch at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 183 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
- ▸Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
92.6%
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
89.2%
Top 1,000
92.6%
Top 2,000
96.5%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
95.4%
Top 1,000
99.5%
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.
alk
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cormorant (bird)
overbevolking
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
overpopulation
pomp
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
pump
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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