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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "even kijken" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch even + verb construction. A Dutch hesitation marker — "let me see" or "give me a sec" — using the time-softener even.

Nou, eens even kijken.
Hear "even kijken" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 1:00 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 205 words per minute, rated 3.6/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Music - Songs, artists, genres, and music culture.

Vocabulary frequency

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

90.5%
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

84.8%
Top 1,000
90.5%
Top 2,000
93%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

92.4%
Top 1,000
99.3%
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.

goudjes
Rare / outside top 5,000
improvisatievermogen
Rare / outside top 5,000
improvisation ability
keide
Rare / outside top 5,000
great (slang)
oei
Rare / outside top 5,000
oops
gevangen in een kom met de goudjes
trapped in a situation with difficulties

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

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