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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "een tijdje" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch idiom. A Dutch vague duration — "a while" or "for a bit" — using the diminutive -tje on tijd (time).
“Na de landing dobbenden ze eerst nog een tijdje op het water.”
Hear "een tijdje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "een tijdje" in Dutch 
About this clip
A 26s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 194 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
From NOS Jeugdjournaal↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
87.1%
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
82.3%
Top 1,000
87.1%
Top 2,000
93.5%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
92.7%
Top 1,000
98.2%
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.
astronauten
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
astronauts
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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