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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch from the Netherlands · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "kijk maar" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch imperative softener with maar. A Dutch directive softener — "just look" or "have a look" — pointing without insisting.

“Kijk maar.”
Hear "kijk maar" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 19:45 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 189 words per minute, rated 3.1/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
  • ▸Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.
  • ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
  • ▸Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.
  • ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
  • ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.

Vocabulary frequency

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

86.3%
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

78.4%
Top 1,000
86.3%
Top 2,000
94.3%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

87.2%
Top 1,000
95%
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.

pmd
6×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) PMD — waste management type
tompoezen
6×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cream-filled pastry
gft
5×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) GFT — organic waste collection

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

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