Protest van vuilnismannen op Curaçao escaleert tot rellen
B1 Dutch listening practice · Dutch from the Netherlands · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:06 video in Dutch at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 178 words per minute, rated 3.6/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
From NOS Jeugdjournaal↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
89.6%
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
86.4%
Top 1,000
89.6%
Top 2,000
95.5%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
88.6%
Top 1,000
95.6%
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 B1 level.
geldproblemen
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
financial problems
vuilnismannen
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
garbage workers
aftreedt
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
resigns
demonstreerde
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
demonstrated
regeringsgebouw
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
government building
onder meer door de corona crisis
1×
including problems caused by the pandemic
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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