Merz verteidigt seine Äußerungen im ZDF-Sommerinterview
C1 German listening practice · Standard German · Curated for advanced learners
About this clip
A 1:18 video in German at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 195 words per minute, rated 4.7/5, 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.
- ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
- ▸Interviews - Long-form conversations and Q&As.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this C1 German listening practice listening practice?
90.3%
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
85.8%
Top 1,000
90.3%
Top 2,000
93.5%
Top 5,000
Spoken German frequency
94.5%
Top 1,000
97.7%
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.
arbeitsstunden
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
working hour(s)
fie
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
not a standard German word; likely an error or foreign term.
geleisteten
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to perform / to deliver
krankschreibungen
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
medical certificate (sick note)
migrantischem
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
migrant-related (rare/formal)
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-DE 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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