Jeugdclub trots op eerste Oranje-wedstrijd van Kees Smit
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "toch wel" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch discourse marker. A Dutch affirmative against an unspoken doubt — "yes, actually" or "no, really, I do."
“Toen zag je toch wel echt in hele korte tijd dat hij toch wel echt, ja, gewoon wel echt heel erg goed was.”
Hear "toch wel" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 2:46 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 191 words per minute, rated 3.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
From NOS Jeugdjournaal↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
88.1%
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
83.8%
Top 1,000
88.1%
Top 2,000
93.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
93.7%
Top 1,000
97%
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.
smit
8×
Rare / outside top 5,000
smith (metalworker)
schmidt
7×
Rare / outside top 5,000
smith (last name)
foresters
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
people who manage forests
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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