Sonnenfinsternis und Nachrichten in einfacher Sprache
A2 German listening practice · German · Curated for beginners
About this clip
A 7:59 video in German at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 147 words per minute, rated 2.5/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
From tagesschau↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 German listening practice listening practice?
90.7%
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
80.7%
Top 1,000
90.7%
Top 2,000
96.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
84.8%
Top 1,000
94%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.
sonnenfinsternis
11×
Rare / outside top 5,000
solar eclipse
schwimmem
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(fragment)
etna
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(proper noun) Mount Etna
kernschatten
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
shadow core; umbra
abgeriegelt
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sealed off (past tense)
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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