Woord van de dag: belabberd
A1 Dutch listening practice · Flemish Dutch · Curated for beginners
Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos
What does "kan ik" mean in Dutch?
It's a Dutch modal-and-pronoun pairing. A Dutch capability question — "can I" or "am I able to" — using kunnen, distinct from mag ik.
“Dan kan ik 's ochtends op het werk, als ik mijn collega zie komen: "Oei, die ziet er belabberd uit.”
Hear "kan ik" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip
A 1:08 video in Dutch at A1 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 141 words per minute, rated 2.5/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
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From Kenny teaches Dutch↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A1 Dutch listening practice listening practice?
93.4%
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
87.7%
Top 1,000
93.4%
Top 2,000
95.9%
Top 5,000
Spoken Dutch frequency
91.3%
Top 1,000
99.1%
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.
belabberd
5×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(slang) horrible
koffietasje
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
coffee bag
oei
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
oops
ziet er belabberd uit
1×
looks very bad or unhealthy
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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