Vergleich: Welches Fahrzeug ist am schnellsten?

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A1 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for beginners

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When do you use “so wie” vs “als” in German?

so … wie / -er als
German comparison pattern
“as fast as” uses so … wie; “faster than” uses schneller als

German splits comparisons in two. For things that are equal, you wrap the plain adjective in so … wie: so schnell wie (“as fast as”). For things that are unequal, you add -er and follow with als: schneller als (“faster than”). So so schnell wie ein Auto means neck-and-neck, while schneller als ein Auto means one pulls ahead. Match the word to the outcome — tie or overtake.

The clip drills it as a ladder — bike, car, train, plane, rocket — each rung repeating “Ist X so schnell wie Y? Nein, Y ist schneller als X.” One trap: many native speakers say schneller wie in casual speech, but standard German always pairs the comparative with als, never wie. Keep wie for equality, als for the winner.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A1 German listening practice listening practice?

91.7%
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

80.1%
Top 1,000
91.7%
Top 2,000
98.1%
Top 5,000

Spoken German frequency

85.4%
Top 1,000
91.3%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A1 level.

servus
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
hello, goodbye (Bavarian)
abonniert
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
subscribed
schnellsten
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
fastest (superlative form)

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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