Warum inkompetente Chefs so oft befördert werden
B2 German listening practice · German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:04 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 167 words per minute, rated 3.7/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.
- ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
79%
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
75.6%
Top 1,000
79%
Top 2,000
87.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
88.9%
Top 1,000
96%
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.
autoritär
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
authoritarian
heuristik
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
heuristic
arschlochchefs
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(slang) asshole bosses
mental faustmodell
1×
mental model that influences judgment
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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