Das tapfere Schneiderlein und die zwei Riesen
B2 German listening practice · German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 7:29 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 162 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
87.4%
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
82.4%
Top 1,000
87.4%
Top 2,000
95.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
92.3%
Top 1,000
97.2%
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.
schneiderlein
7×
Rare / outside top 5,000
little tailor
harnisch
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
armor, cuirass, breastplate
allergnädigsten
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
most gracious (archaic)
aussteuer
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
dowry, household furnishings
baume
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(fragment)
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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