Bahnfunk-Panne legt Schienenverkehr lahm
B1 German listening practice · German · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:15 video in German at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 146 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.
- ▸Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.
- ▸Technology - Tech, gadgets, software, AI, and the digital world.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
From RTL WEST - das Nachrichtenmagazin für ganz NRW↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 German listening practice listening practice?
88.7%
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
82.1%
Top 1,000
88.7%
Top 2,000
92.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
88.5%
Top 1,000
94.7%
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 B1 level.
aufgebrachte
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
upset (angry)
bahnfunk
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
railway radio system
bahnhorror
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
station horror
bahnmitarbeiter
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
railway employee
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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