Warum sich Anstrengung für Gen Z nicht lohnt
B2 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:24 video in German at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 238 words per minute, rated 5.0/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
From ZDFheute Nachrichten↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 German listening practice listening practice?
88.5%
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
81.8%
Top 1,000
88.5%
Top 2,000
94.9%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
88.6%
Top 1,000
94.9%
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.
polemisch
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
polemical, controversial
rauszutun
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to do one's part, to contribute
Gürtel 'n bisschen enger schnallen
1×
tighten your belt (live frugally)
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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