Ich dachte, ich hätte den Ballon d'Or gewonnen

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B1 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for intermediate learners

About this clip

A 35s video in German at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 273 words per minute, rated 4.5/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
  • Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
  • News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
  • Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B1 German listening practice listening practice?

94.5%
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

89%
Top 1,000
94.5%
Top 2,000
97.2%
Top 5,000

Spoken German frequency

95.6%
Top 1,000
99.3%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B1 level.

hingefahren
Rare / outside top 5,000
driven there; went there
koreal
Rare / outside top 5,000
(fragment)
reingekommen
Rare / outside top 5,000
came in
teuter
Rare / outside top 5,000
(fragment)
kahn
Rare / outside top 5,000
small boat

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

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