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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "geen zin" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch idiom. A Dutch motivational refusal — "no desire" or "not in the mood" — declining without explanation.
“sommige artiesten die eigenlijk zouden optreden bij het feest hebben geen zin meer om mee te doen door Trump.”
Hear "geen zin" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 2:02 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 157 words per minute, rated 2.6/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
From NOS Jeugdjournaal↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
90.9%
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
83%
Top 1,000
90.9%
Top 2,000
96.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
94.8%
Top 1,000
98.7%
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.
onafhankelijkheidsdag
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Independence Day
het feest groot gevierd
1×
celebrate the event in a big way
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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