Mama’s klusjes: vuilnis buiten zetten

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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "laat maar" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch imperative softener with maar. A Dutch dismissal — "forget it" or "never mind" — built from laat (let) + the maar particle.

Ja, laat maar zitten.
Hear "laat maar" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 16s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 224 words per minute, rated 3.7/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
  • 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?

93.8%
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

87.5%
Top 1,000
93.8%
Top 2,000
96.9%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

93.5%
Top 1,000
100%
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.

velnis
Rare / outside top 5,000
vuilnis
vuilniszak
Rare / outside top 5,000
garbage bag
weggooien
Rare / outside top 5,000
to throw away

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

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