Schwäbisch Gmünd im Finanzkrimmel
B2 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 3:36 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 168 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸Parenting & Family - Family life, raising kids, and parenting advice.
- ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
91.3%
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
86.6%
Top 1,000
91.3%
Top 2,000
97.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
93.9%
Top 1,000
97.3%
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.
bantel
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(fragment)
betreuungs
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(prefix) care, supervision
betreuungsgebühren
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
care service fees
bröckelt
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
crumbles
doppelhaushalt
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
dual budget
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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