150 jaar telefoon: van draaiknop tot smartphone
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "best wel" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch intensifier or hedge. A Dutch softening intensifier — "quite" or "kinda" — adding emphasis without overcommitting.
“Heel vermoeiend, want het ding is best wel zwaar.”
Hear "best wel" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "best wel" in Dutch 
About this clip
A 1:18 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 156 words per minute, rated 3.6/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Technology - Tech, gadgets, software, AI, and the digital world.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
From NOS Jeugdjournaal↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
91.5%
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
86.4%
Top 1,000
91.5%
Top 2,000
97.2%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
95.6%
Top 1,000
98.8%
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.
appen
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to message (via app)
telefoongesprek
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
telephone conversation
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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