Die Marathon-Schlacht: Ein Sketch über Bote und Geschichte
B2 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:34 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 233 words per minute, rated 4.5/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
- ▸Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.
From ZDF Satire↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
88.8%
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
85.8%
Top 1,000
88.8%
Top 2,000
95%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
91.3%
Top 1,000
96.7%
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.
altertum
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
antiquity
spann uns nicht weiter auf die Folter
1×
don't keep us in suspense any longer
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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