Wat zit er eigenlijk in een potlood?
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "niet meer" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch negation pattern. A Dutch ended-state negation — "no longer" or "not anymore" — flagging that something used to be true but isn't now.
“Maar lood was zacht en onhandig, dus tegenwoordig zit het er niet meer in.”
Hear "niet meer" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "niet meer" in Dutch 
About this clip
A 1:57 video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 153 words per minute, rated 3.6/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Technology - Tech, gadgets, software, AI, and the digital world.
- ▸Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.
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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
83.3%
Top 1,000
88%
Top 2,000
92.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
90.6%
Top 1,000
94.4%
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.
potlood
7×
Rare / outside top 5,000
pencil
grafiet
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
graphite
lood
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
lead
staafje
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
stick
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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