De groene pannenkoek van Jan
A1 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "nou ja" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch discourse marker. A Dutch discourse marker meaning "well..." — a soft hedge or resigned shrug, depending on tone.
“Nou ja, misschien morgen weer groene pannenkoeken.”
Hear "nou ja" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 2:49 video in Dutch at A1 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 164 words per minute, rated 2.3/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
- ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
From Dutch Fluency↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A1 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
80.4%
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
70.1%
Top 1,000
80.4%
Top 2,000
88.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
82.4%
Top 1,000
95.4%
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 A1 level.
pancake
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
pancake
blender
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
blender
spinazie
6×
Rare / outside top 5,000
spinach
het is anders
1×
it's different in a positive way
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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