Voor deze mensen moet je oppassen!
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch from the Netherlands · 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.
“Lijkt je dat verstandig? Hoezo?”
Hear "hoezo" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 21s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 199 words per minute, rated 3.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.
- ▸Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.
From Bas Knobbout↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
88%
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
82%
Top 1,000
88%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
93.9%
Top 1,000
98%
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.
droefdoeter
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sad clown
geluidsman
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sound technician
knipperlicht
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
turn signal
tachtig
1×
Top 5,000
eighty
verstandig
1×
Top 5,000Common in speech
sensible
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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