Bang voor teken na een dag in het bos

WhatsAppGmailTelegramEmail

A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "geen zin" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch idiom. A Dutch motivational refusal — "no desire" or "not in the mood" — declining without explanation.

“Klopt, maar ik heb geen zin in Lyme. Lyme?”
Hear "geen zin" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "geen zin" in Dutch
About this clip

A 2:17 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 188 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
  • ▸Pets & Animals - Dogs, cats, wildlife, and pet care.
  • ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
  • ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.

Vocabulary frequency

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

86.2%
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

80.4%
Top 1,000
86.2%
Top 2,000
95.6%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

89.5%
Top 1,000
91.9%
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.

oksels
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
armpits
lyme
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Lyme disease
pootjes
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
legs
spinachtige
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
spider-like

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

Explore Dutch Comprehensible Input on Reelang

Open Dutch hub