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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "bijna niet" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch negation pattern. A Dutch near-negation — "barely" or "hardly" — signaling almost-but-not-quite absence.

“Hij kan bijna niet lopen.”
Hear "bijna niet" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 51s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 214 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, 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 A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

91.8%
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

88.2%
Top 1,000
91.8%
Top 2,000
96.4%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

93.3%
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.

ijsband
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
ice cream band
stripboek
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
comic book
een koeienneus ring
1×
a term for someone unfashionable or odd

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

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