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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 "ga maar" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch imperative softener with maar. A Dutch dismissal-as-permission — "go ahead" or "off you go" — using ga + the maar particle.
“Ja, ga maar rennen. Yettie. Joehoe.”
Hear "ga maar" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 1:42 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 169 words per minute, rated 2.4/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Pets & Animals - Dogs, cats, wildlife, and pet care.
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
From OPEN Rotterdam↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
85%
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
77.4%
Top 1,000
85%
Top 2,000
94%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
84.3%
Top 1,000
91.7%
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.
dierendag
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Animal Day
vastmaken
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to tie up, to fasten
joehoe
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
hey there, hello
klein dingetjes
1×
figurative: small details or minor things
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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