Schaatsen en ijspret in het Westerpark

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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "kijk maar" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch imperative softener with maar. A Dutch directive softener — "just look" or "have a look" — pointing without insisting.

“Ja, kijk maar.”
Hear "kijk maar" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 1:06 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 207 words per minute, rated 3.6/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
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Vocabulary frequency

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

93.5%
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

88.9%
Top 1,000
93.5%
Top 2,000
97.2%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

95.1%
Top 1,000
99%
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.

schaatsen
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to skate

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

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