Gesperrter Bahnübergang trennt Oberhausen und Essen
B1 German listening practice · German · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:49 video in German at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 179 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, 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.
From RTL WEST - das Nachrichtenmagazin für ganz NRW↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 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
82.6%
Top 1,000
88.6%
Top 2,000
96.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
91.7%
Top 1,000
95.5%
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 B1 level.
bahnübergang
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
railway crossing
auflassen
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to leave open (formal)
auseinanderreißt
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
tears apart
bahnbetrieb
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
railway operation
in Kauf nehmen
1×
to accept something unpleasant or difficult
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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