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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "zal ik" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch modal-and-pronoun pairing. A Dutch offer-of-action — "shall I" — using zullen to propose doing something for the listener.

“Wat zal ik doen?”
Hear "zal ik" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 2:58 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners.

Vocabulary frequency

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

92.1%
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

87%
Top 1,000
92.1%
Top 2,000
95.9%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

91.9%
Top 1,000
96.5%
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.

mhmm
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
expressing agreement
overdenken
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to reflect or reconsider
oei
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
expressing surprise or concern
met welke voet ik vanmorgen uit bed ben gestapt
1×
unsure how day will turn out

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

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