- 1 Rosen In der Natur sind die Rosen nicht so besonders wie in den Gärten. Die Menschen haben sich nämlich immer die… 49 words · 1 min 100%
- 2 Facebook Members 46 words · 1 min 100%
- 3 Gesundheit Members 32 words · 1 min 100%
- 4 Schaltjahr Members 29 words · 1 min 100%
- 5 Tauben Members 27 words · 1 min 100%
- 6 Maria Theresia Members 26 words · 1 min 100%
- 7 Fahrrad Members 26 words · 1 min 100%
- 8 Mädchen Members 25 words · 1 min 100%
- 9 Religion Members 81 words · 1 min 99%
- 10 Bundestag Members 68 words · 1 min 99%
- 11 Gewissen Members 62 words · 1 min 98%
- 12 Küste Members 58 words · 1 min 98%
- 13 Liebe Members 109 words · 1 min 98%
- 14 Haus Members 51 words · 1 min 98%
- 15 Kaffee Members 50 words · 1 min 98%
- 16 Rathaus Members 92 words · 1 min 98%
- 17 Sonnenfinsternis Members 89 words · 1 min 98%
- 18 Richter Members 88 words · 1 min 99%
- 19 Fieber Members 44 words · 1 min 98%
- 20 Wolke Members 43 words · 1 min 98%
- 21 Ehe Members 126 words · 1 min 98%
- 22 Politiker Members 82 words · 1 min 98%
- 23 Symbol Members 81 words · 1 min 98%
- 24 Park Members 81 words · 1 min 98%
- 25 Asyl Members 119 words · 1 min 97%
- 26 Taschengeld Members 116 words · 1 min 97%
- 27 Kinderreisepass Members 114 words · 1 min 97%
- 28 Herz Members 38 words · 1 min 97%
- 29 Junge Members 113 words · 1 min 98%
- 30 Android Members 75 words · 1 min 99%
- 31 Heimat Members 112 words · 1 min 97%
- 32 Post Members 73 words · 1 min 100%
- 33 Hobby Members 35 words · 1 min 100%
- 34 Bürgermeister Members 102 words · 1 min 97%
- 35 Schloss Versailles Members 33 words · 1 min 97%
- 36 Museum Members 120 words · 1 min 97%
- 37 Grüne Politik Members 127 words · 1 min 97%
- 38 Lexikon Members 170 words · 2 min 96%
- 39 Ballett Members 43 words · 1 min 95%
- 40 Dialekt Members 149 words · 2 min 96%
- 41 Gemeinde Members 101 words · 1 min 95%
- 42 Familie Members 79 words · 1 min 95%
- 43 Frau Members 93 words · 1 min 95%
- 44 Verein Members 55 words · 1 min 95%
- 45 Freundschaft Members 123 words · 1 min 94%
- 46 Zahnrad Members 31 words · 1 min 94%
- 47 Manager Members 130 words · 1 min 93%
- 48 Republik Members 54 words · 1 min 93%
- 49 Ausbildung Members 89 words · 1 min 92%
- 50 Regierung Members 156 words · 2 min 90%
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Common questions
What should I read at German B1?
Texts where you already know most of the words. Otherwise you are decoding, not reading. The 50 texts here were picked by measuring exactly that: the easiest covers 100% of its running words with B1 vocabulary, the typical one 97%.
How long are the B1 texts?
About 78 words each, or 1 minutes at a careful learner's pace. Short on purpose: a text you finish and reread twice does more than a long one you abandon.
Are the texts free?
The first B1 text is free, with no account. The other 49 are for members, $7 a month on Patreon, or lifetime access bought once.
Should I read with the translation showing?
Read the German first with the translation hidden, and only reveal a line when you are genuinely stuck. The toggle at the top of every text does this in one click. The point is to make yourself guess before you check.
Do I need to know every word at B1?
No. Coverage tops out around 90% even at C2 because a quarter of the running words in any real text fall outside a 15,003-word list entirely: names, compounds, technical terms. In every text the words above your level are marked where they occur, and one tap opens the entry.
Texts from Klexikon, MiniKlexikon and Hurraki, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.