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B2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 3:44 video in Dutch at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 181 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.
  • ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
  • ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

88.2%
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

82.5%
Top 1,000
88.2%
Top 2,000
93.8%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

90.7%
Top 1,000
98%
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 B2 level.

stormvloedkeringen
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
thousands
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
beekjes
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
doucheputje
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
drassige
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000

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

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