Nieuw bakseizoen begint: bakker gaat weer rollen
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "nou ja" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch discourse marker. A Dutch discourse marker meaning "well..." — a soft hedge or resigned shrug, depending on tone.
“Had ik beter kunnen doen, maar nou ja, oké.”
Hear "nou ja" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "nou ja" in Dutch 
About this clip
A 20s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 232 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
- ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
90.2%
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
86.3%
Top 1,000
90.2%
Top 2,000
98%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
93.8%
Top 1,000
95.8%
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.
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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