Oude muziek is weer superpopulair
A2 Dutch listening practice · Flemish Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "een beetje" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch idiom. A Dutch hedge — "a little" or "a bit" — both literal quantifier and pragmatic softener.
“Dus vroeger kocht je een cd'tje en dan ja was het een beetje vaag.”
Hear "een beetje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 2:12 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 217 words per minute, rated 4.0/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Music - Songs, artists, genres, and music culture.
- ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
From Karrewiet van Ketnet↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
89.2%
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
86.8%
Top 1,000
89.2%
Top 2,000
96.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
87.9%
Top 1,000
94.9%
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 A2 level.
herbeluisterd
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
listened again
tiktok
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
social media platform
abonneren
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to subscribe
beluisterd
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
listened
springlevend dankzij
1×
still very popular thanks to something
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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