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A1 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "kun je" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch modal-and-pronoun pairing. A Dutch second-person capability question — "can you" — using kunnen, the can-modal.

Die kun je vanaf nu pre-orderen.
Hear "kun je" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 34s video in Dutch at A1 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 235 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
  • Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A1 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

86.8%
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

80.2%
Top 1,000
86.8%
Top 2,000
93.4%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

89.3%
Top 1,000
96.4%
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 A1 level.

waterpark
Rare / outside top 5,000
amusement park with water rides
orderen
Rare / outside top 5,000
to order
glijden
Rare / outside top 5,000
to slide
pre
Top 5,000
before

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

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