Die Geschichte der deutschen Dialekte
C1 German listening practice · German · Curated for advanced learners
About this clip
A 9:33 video in German at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 163 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
From Der Zeit-Linguist↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this C1 German listening practice listening practice?
86.4%
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
82%
Top 1,000
86.4%
Top 2,000
94%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
91%
Top 1,000
96.9%
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 C1 level.
lautverschiebung
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sound shift
sprachgeschichte
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
language history
weiches
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
soft
benraderlinie
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Benrader Line
eine linguistische Reise
1×
a journey through language and culture
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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