Die Sage vom Dudelsackpfeifer Augustin
B2 German listening practice · Viennese German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 6:07 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 113 words per minute, rated 2.5/5, easy listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.
- ▸Music - Songs, artists, genres, and music culture.
- ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
From Werner Bergengruen - Literatur zum Anhören↗ 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
80.7%
Top 1,000
85.4%
Top 2,000
91.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
94.4%
Top 1,000
98.2%
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.
tropen
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
tropics
ansteckung
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
infection
ausgehoben
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
raised
trostloser und schreckens erregender die Tage
1×
bleak and terrifying days of plague
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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