Wie Raketentriebwerke funktionieren
B2 German listening practice · German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 8:40 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 164 words per minute, rated 3.4/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
- ▸Technology - Tech, gadgets, software, AI, and the digital world.
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
From euronews (deutsch)↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
85.4%
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
79.2%
Top 1,000
85.4%
Top 2,000
92.9%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
87.7%
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.
brennkammer
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
combustion chamber
abhebt
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
takes off
raketentriebwerke
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
rocket engines
teleskops
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
telescopes
wie eine achterbahnfahrt
1×
like a roller coaster ride
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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