Das Problem mit Fake-Studien und Paper Mills
B2 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 52s video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 153 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
88.7%
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
80.6%
Top 1,000
88.7%
Top 2,000
96%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
90%
Top 1,000
97%
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.
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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