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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "even kijken" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch even + verb construction. A Dutch hesitation marker — "let me see" or "give me a sec" — using the time-softener even.

“Even kijken, bro.”
Hear "even kijken" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 2:50 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 179 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
  • ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
  • ▸Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.

Vocabulary frequency

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

90.3%
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

87.7%
Top 1,000
90.3%
Top 2,000
97.1%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

92.9%
Top 1,000
96.9%
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.

friet
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
fries (potato)
telers
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
growers (farmers)
weggooien
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to throw away

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

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