Treinreis van Amsterdam naar Rotterdam om een vriend
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).
“terwijl de trein Amsterdam achter zich laat en naar Rotterdam gaat het landschap verandert langzaam terwijl ze door weilanden en langs rivieren reizen na een tijdje komt de trein aan op het station van Rotterdam Mark stapt”
Hear "een tijdje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "een tijdje" in Dutch 
About this clip
A 1:38 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 180 words per minute, rated 3.5/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
- ▸Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
93.3%
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
80.9%
Top 1,000
93.3%
Top 2,000
95.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
84.3%
Top 1,000
99.4%
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.
peron
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
platform (train station)
erasmusbrug
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Erasmus Bridge
treinreis
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
train journey
vertrektijden
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
departure times
wandelend
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
walking
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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