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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "een beetje" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch idiom. A Dutch hedge — "a little" or "a bit" — both literal quantifier and pragmatic softener.

Een beetje dubbel, maar wel lekker. 3.
Hear "een beetje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 24s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 184 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
  • Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
  • Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
  • Pets & Animals - Dogs, cats, wildlife, and pet care.
  • Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.

Vocabulary frequency

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

85.7%
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

81.8%
Top 1,000
85.7%
Top 2,000
92.2%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

84.9%
Top 1,000
90.4%
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.

cute
Rare / outside top 5,000
adorable
hertjes
Rare / outside top 5,000
little deer
lara
Rare / outside top 5,000
(proper noun) Lara
lincoln
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
(proper noun) Lincoln
omdraaien
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
to turn around

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

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