Rosenmontag Umzug in Damme: Karneval Tradition
B2 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:55 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 190 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
86.1%
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
79.9%
Top 1,000
86.1%
Top 2,000
93.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
87.9%
Top 1,000
94.4%
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.
damme
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
town in Germany
rosenmontag
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Rose Monday celebration
dörfchen
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
small village
fastenzeit
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Lent period
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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