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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.

Suriname praat wel een beetje zo met een, met met een zacht accent, weet je.
Hear "een beetje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 15s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 161 words per minute, rated 3.6/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
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Vocabulary frequency

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

87.1%
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

83.9%
Top 1,000
87.1%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

92.6%
Top 1,000
96.3%
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.

mhmm
Rare / outside top 5,000
agreement or understanding
accent
Top 5,000Common in speech
distinctive way of speaking

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

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