Hoe werkt een balpen?
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "kun je" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch modal-and-pronoun pairing. A Dutch second-person capability question — "can you" — using kunnen, the can-modal.
“Als ik schrijf, kun je goed zien hoe het werkt.”
Hear "kun je" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 2:15 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 171 words per minute, rated 2.8/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
- ▸Technology - Tech, gadgets, software, AI, and the digital world.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
88.6%
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
83.1%
Top 1,000
88.6%
Top 2,000
91.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
94.4%
Top 1,000
96.7%
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.
balpen
6×
Rare / outside top 5,000
ballpoint pen
kogeltje
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
small ball
appen
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(brand) balpen — pen type
gejatte
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
stolen
wie schrijft, die blijft
1×
writing helps you be remembered
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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