Altersarmut: Warum Rentner Flaschen sammeln müssen

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B2 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 57s video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 196 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
  • Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
  • Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?

92.8%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common German words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday German.

General German frequency

90%
Top 1,000
92.8%
Top 2,000
97.8%
Top 5,000

Spoken German frequency

96%
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-German 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 B2 level.

besteuert
Rare / outside top 5,000
reinholen
Rare / outside top 5,000
to bring in
umfällt
Rare / outside top 5,000
versteuert
Rare / outside top 5,000
großstadt
Rare / outside top 5,000
large city
am Arbeitsplatz tot umfällt
dying from exhaustion at work

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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