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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "een tijdje" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch idiom. A Dutch vague duration — "a while" or "for a bit" — using the diminutive -tje on tijd (time).
“Het is wel de eerste keer weer na een tijdje, dus ja, daar ben ik wel blij mee.”
Hear "een tijdje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "een tijdje" in Dutch 
About this clip
A 2:32 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 192 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?
89.9%
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
85.1%
Top 1,000
89.9%
Top 2,000
97.9%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
89.7%
Top 1,000
94.3%
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.
ajata
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(proper noun) ajata
amateurclubs
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
amateur clubs
bekenden
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
acquaintances
bekerfinale
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cup final
bekerman
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cup man (referring to player)
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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