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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.

Zo, oh, hij vond het even een beetje gek.
Hear "een beetje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "een beetje" in Dutch
About this clip

A 34s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 158 words per minute, rated 2.2/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
  • Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
  • Pets & Animals - Dogs, cats, wildlife, and pet care.

Vocabulary frequency

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

93%
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

93%
Top 1,000
93%
Top 2,000
97.7%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

97.6%
Top 1,000
97.6%
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.

tussendoor
Rare / outside top 5,000
in between times
proeft
Top 5,000
benieuwd
Top 5,000Common in speech
curious

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

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