Timo oefent als pop-upober in het kantoor
A2 Dutch listening practice · Surinamese Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "hoezo" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch discourse marker. A Dutch question word meaning "how come?" or "what do you mean?" — the all-purpose challenge to a claim.
“Lieverd, is het wel verstandig dat je überhaupt nog op reis gaat? Hoezo?”
Hear "hoezo" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 6:35 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 193 words per minute, rated 3.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
- ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
- ▸Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
- ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
88.9%
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
84%
Top 1,000
88.9%
Top 2,000
96.5%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
89.3%
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.
beefstuk
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
beef steak
dement
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
demented
tomaatjes
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
little tomatoes
treinticket
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
train ticket
pop-up geheugen woud
1×
temporary memory support for others
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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