Waarom heb je toch te weinig geld?
B1 Dutch listening practice · Dutch from the Netherlands · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 32s video in Dutch at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 154 words per minute, rated 3.2/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
84.2%
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
78.9%
Top 1,000
84.2%
Top 2,000
94.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
92.3%
Top 1,000
92.3%
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 B1 level.
energierekening
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
energy bill
zuinig
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
frugal; thrifty
fulltime
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
full-time
tandarts
1×
Top 5,000Common in speech
dentist
simpelweg pech
1×
a metaphor for bad luck or misfortune
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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