Der Eisenbahnbau bedroht die Farmen von Walnut Grove
B2 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:58 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 220 words per minute, rated 4.6/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
90.3%
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
85.2%
Top 1,000
90.3%
Top 2,000
96.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
92.9%
Top 1,000
97.5%
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.
grove
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(brand) Grove — place with trees
walnut
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(brand) Walnut — type of tree
ackerland
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
arable land
aufkaufen
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to buy up
zäher als du denkst
1×
tougher than you might think
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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