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B2 German listening practice · German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 12:55 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 177 words per minute, rated 3.7/5, 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.
  • Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
  • History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?

87.3%
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

81.5%
Top 1,000
87.3%
Top 2,000
94.3%
Top 5,000

Spoken German frequency

91.4%
Top 1,000
95.9%
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.

wettervorhersage
Rare / outside top 5,000
weather forecast
kontroll
Rare / outside top 5,000
control
spatzen
Rare / outside top 5,000
sparrows
die Spatzen haben es schon von den Dächern gepfiffen
the news is already widely known

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

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