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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.

Ik kan niet meer ademen.
Hear "niet meer" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 40s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 143 words per minute, rated 2.6/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.
  • Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.

Vocabulary frequency

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

90%
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

85%
Top 1,000
90%
Top 2,000
95%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

96.6%
Top 1,000
98.3%
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.

milkshake
Rare / outside top 5,000
a type of drink
bubbels
Rare / outside top 5,000
bubbles
verrot
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
rotten

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

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