Ein Karussell auf der grünen Wiese
A1 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for beginners
About this clip
A 2:36 video in German at A1 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 142 words per minute, rated 2.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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From Sing mit mir - Kinderlieder↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A1 German listening practice listening practice?
96.2%
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
88.6%
Top 1,000
96.2%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
86.5%
Top 1,000
88.4%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
📘 More formal vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in general German frequency data than in subtitle-based spoken-language data, so it may feel a bit more formal or written.
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A1 level.
karussell
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(brand) Karussell — merry-go-round
paff
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
snort (informal)
pff
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(slang) sound of disdain
anhalten
3×
Top 5,000Common in speech
to stop
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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