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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "even wachten" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch even + verb construction. A Dutch "just hold on" — combining even (briefly) with wachten (wait) for a soft pause request.

Even wachten.
Hear "even wachten" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 36s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 250 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
  • Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.

Vocabulary frequency

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

93.1%
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

87.9%
Top 1,000
93.1%
Top 2,000
97.4%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

92.1%
Top 1,000
96.5%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.

zonnebrand
Rare / outside top 5,000
sunscreen
gesmeerd
Rare / outside top 5,000
smeared (lotion)
relax
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
relax
door met feesten
continue partying or celebrating

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

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