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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "kan ik" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch modal-and-pronoun pairing. A Dutch capability question — "can I" or "am I able to" — using kunnen, distinct from mag ik.

“Dan kan ik er die bloem erbij doen.”
Hear "kan ik" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 59s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 205 words per minute, rated 3.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸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?

85%
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

81.4%
Top 1,000
85%
Top 2,000
96.4%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

84%
Top 1,000
87%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

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

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