Een vriend weerzien na lange tijd
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "bijna niet" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch negation pattern. A Dutch near-negation — "barely" or "hardly" — signaling almost-but-not-quite absence.
“Ik kan bijna niet geloven dat we elkaar na zoveel jaren weer zien. Inderdaad.”
Hear "bijna niet" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 1:33 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 199 words per minute, rated 3.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
- ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
- ▸Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
99.2%
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
96.2%
Top 1,000
99.2%
Top 2,000
99.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
96.2%
Top 1,000
99.1%
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.
technologiebedrijf
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
technology company
begrijpelijk
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
understandable
marketing
1×
Top 5,000
marketing
oude vrienden weer te ontmoeten
1×
meeting old friends again is enjoyable
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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