Sparen oder Schulden für Investitionen?
B2 German listening practice · German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 58s video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 221 words per minute, rated 4.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
88.3%
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
84.4%
Top 1,000
88.3%
Top 2,000
95.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
90%
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.
abzahlen
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to pay off
klimakrise
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
climate crisis
menschheitsaufgabe
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
humanity's task
erwirtschaften
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to generate (profit)
Rolle rückwärts
1×
going back on progress made
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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