Een koningskusje geven en krijgen

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A1 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "doe maar" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch imperative softener with maar. A Dutch nudge of permission — "go ahead, do it" — granting the listener clearance to proceed.

“Doe maar even een kusjep.”
Hear "doe maar" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 21s video in Dutch at A1 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 97 words per minute, rated 1.9/5, easy listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
  • ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A1 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

70.8%
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

70.8%
Top 1,000
70.8%
Top 2,000
87.5%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

95%
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 A1 level.

need
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
need

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

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