Wie die Bürokratie uns gegen den Feind verteidigt
B2 German listening practice · Austrian German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 43s video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 150 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, 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.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
From MDR SPASSZONE↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
82.3%
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
78.5%
Top 1,000
82.3%
Top 2,000
93.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
88.4%
Top 1,000
95.7%
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.
kampfgenehmigung
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
combat approval
klimakleber
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
climate glue
panzerrohre
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
tank tubes
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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