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A2 Dutch listening practice · Caribbean Dutch · Picked for people who know a little

Common Dutch phrase. Found in 3 other videos too.

What does "een beetje" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch saying. A Dutch hedge — "a little" or "a bit" — both literal quantifier and pragmatic softener.

“Dan maak ik het een beetje nat aan de rand, anders blijft hij niet plakken,”
Hear "een beetje" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "een beetje" in Dutch
About this video

A 4:44 video in Dutch, level A2. Good for people who know a little. People talk at about 207 words a minute, rated 2.8/5, hard to listen to.

What this video covers:
  • ▸Food & Cooking - How to cook food, restaurants, street food, and kitchen words.

How common are the words?

How common are the words in this A2 Dutch listening practice video?

88.3%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Dutch words
Most of the words in this video are common Dutch words.

How common in written Dutch

81.8%
Top 1,000
88.3%
Top 2,000
91.8%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken Dutch

90.9%
Top 1,000
96%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Words for talking
This video uses words people often say in Dutch.

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than A2. Here is what they mean.

pasteitjes
4×
Not in top 5,000
eetlepel
2×
Not in top 5,000
tablespoon
eetlepels
2×
Not in top 5,000
geraspte
2×
Not in top 5,000
kneden
2×
Not in top 5,000
to knead

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

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