Timon Verbeeck over zijn kinderboek Operatie Toilet
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "een beetje" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch idiom. A Dutch hedge — "a little" or "a bit" — both literal quantifier and pragmatic softener.
“Dat is ook een beetje mijn schuld, omdat ik natuurlijk rare filmpjes maak online.”
Hear "een beetje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "een beetje" in Dutch 
About this clip
A 42s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 214 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Books & Reading - Books, literature, and reading culture.
- ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
From Timon Verbeeck↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
93.8%
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
88.3%
Top 1,000
93.8%
Top 2,000
98.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
93.4%
Top 1,000
98.3%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.
supergraag
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
very gladly
superkracht
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
superpower
supervaak
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
very often
terug te laten lezen
1×
encourage children to read again
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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