@florian @mwl @brnrd formaly A2 is pre-intermediate, i.e. one level above A1, which is formally beginner. https://www.eur.nl/en/education/language-training-centre/cefr-levels

I do wonder why Dutch has the name of being a hard language to learn for native English speakers, compared to other Germanic languages like German or Norwegian. But as I am a native Dutch speaker, to me Dutch comes naturally, i.e. I cheat.