Bram mag niet meespelen en wordt verdrietig
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "zeg maar" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch imperative softener with maar. A Dutch hedge meaning "kind of" or "let's say" — usable as filler or as an invitation to speak.
“Nou zeg maar dat je gewoon met hun mee mag spelen hoor.”
Hear "zeg maar" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "zeg maar" in Dutch 
About this clip
A 42s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 198 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
From Quinn en Aaron↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
93.6%
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
89.7%
Top 1,000
93.6%
Top 2,000
94.9%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
97.3%
Top 1,000
100%
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.
marvin
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(proper noun) Marvin
shaak
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
shake or quake
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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