Bahnchaos nach Funkausfall im 2G-Netz
B2 German listening practice · German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 5:18 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 172 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.
- ▸Technology - Tech, gadgets, software, AI, and the digital world.
From RTL WEST - das Nachrichtenmagazin für ganz NRW↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
88.6%
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
83.1%
Top 1,000
88.6%
Top 2,000
95.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
90.3%
Top 1,000
94.3%
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.
bahnverkehr
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
rail traffic
zugverkehr
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
train traffic
zwangssituationen
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
forced situations
atemlos
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
breathless
aufarbeiten
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to process
aus der Bahn
1×
off track or out of control
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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