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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "natuurlijk niet" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch negation pattern. A Dutch denial-with-superiority — "of course not" — refusing while flagging the question as silly.

“Je moet wel een beetje op het gutsje duwen, want anders komt het natuurlijk niet los.”
Hear "natuurlijk niet" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 7:57 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.

Vocabulary frequency

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

90.3%
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

85.7%
Top 1,000
90.3%
Top 2,000
94.3%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

93.4%
Top 1,000
97.4%
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.

inkt
12×
Rare / outside top 5,000
ink (coloured fluid used for writing, painting etc.)
stempel
12×
Rare / outside top 5,000
stamp, die, seal (of wax)
rubber
6×
Rare / outside top 5,000
rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)
afdrukken
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
to print from a computer printer
roller
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
roller (tool or toy)

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

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