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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "even wachten" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch even + verb construction. A Dutch "just hold on" — combining even (briefly) with wachten (wait) for a soft pause request.
“Ik kan wel even wachten, want ik wil wel veel snoep.”
Hear "even wachten" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "even wachten" in Dutch 
About this clip
A 3:20 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 195 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
91.7%
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
86.1%
Top 1,000
91.7%
Top 2,000
96.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
90.5%
Top 1,000
95.3%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.
nooi
6×
Rare / outside top 5,000
never
snoepjes
5×
Rare / outside top 5,000
plural of snoepje
materie
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
matter
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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