Skip to content

Classrooms Study Material Words Lessons Flashcards Recess Handbook Pricing

© 2026 Übungszeit

About FAQ Security Privacy Terms Refunds Contact

Classrooms/C1/Listening

C1 German listening practice · Hören

Radio features, lectures, disputes and formal meetings at full native speed — supply chains, housing policy, how memory reconstructs, a return from parental leave. Reported speech and functional verb structures do the heavy lifting.

Browsing as a guest — the sample set is open to you. Create a free account to open every set.

1Vortrag: Über das VertrauenA lecturer argues that trust is an economy we rarely count.~8 min
2Vortrag: Chancen und Grenzen der KI Sign inListen to a C1 German lecture excerpt on the promise and limits of artificial intelligence — advanced listening.~9 min
3Kommentar: Sprache im Wandel Sign inA radio commentary defends language change as a sign of life.

The grammar behind this shelf

Explained in plain English, free and open to everyone:

Nominalization in German — turning verbs into nouns Funktionsverbgefüge: the formal register Konjunktiv I: German reported speech Extended attributes and participle phrases

Or browse all of Study Material.

~8 min

4Feature: Die Stille der Städte Sign inA radio feature argues that silence is becoming an urban luxury.~8 min

5Radioessay: Die Kunst des Zuhörens Sign inWe train speaking endlessly — and neglect the harder art.~8 min

6Kommentar: Die Rückkehr der Langsamkeit Sign inEven our idleness is now optimised — a wry take on slowing down.~8 min

7Kommentar: Wenn das Schwimmbad zumacht Sign inA wry radio commentary about a town closing its pool — C1 listening practice in irony, hedged criticism and administrative language.~9 min

8Seminar: Was die Zahlen nicht sagen Sign inA university lecturer picks apart a survey her student has just presented — C1 listening practice in academic hedging and reported speech.~10 min

9Sitzung: Der zweite Standort Sign inA finance director objects to a major investment without ever saying no — C1 listening practice in boardroom hedging and Konjunktiv II.~9 min

10Interview: Die Preisträgerin weicht aus Sign inAn award-winning author gives an interview she would rather not give — C1 listening practice in irony, deflection and reported speech.~9 min

11Podium: Wie frei ist die Forschung? Sign inTwo experts on a panel agree on the diagnosis but not on the cure — C1 listening practice in partial agreement and academic register.~10 min

12Radiofeature: Was eine Lieferkette verschweigt Sign inA C1 radio feature on supply chains — why the word resilience caught on so fast, the three different things it can mean, and what only becomes visible once it breaks.~9 min

13Streitgespräch: Wohnungsbau Sign inA C1 broadcast debate on housing where both sides accept the figures and disagree on the question — concessions, Konjunktiv II scenarios and an unfalsifiable counterfactual.~10 min

14Vorlesung: Wie das Gedächtnis rekonstruiert Sign inA C1 lecture on memory as reconstruction rather than playback — witness studies, why frequent recall distorts, and why a perfect archive would be useless in daily life.~10 min

15Museumsführung: Was Restaurierung entscheidet Sign inA C1 tour of a museum restoration workshop: which layer to stop at, why reversibility is narrower than it sounds, and why an unfilled gap counts as a statement.~9 min

16Personalgespräch: Rückkehr aus der Elternzeit Sign inA C1 workplace conversation on returning from parental leave — Konjunktiv II reservations, a mistake conceded without excuses, and a decision neither made nor off the table.~9 min

17Laudatio auf ein Ehrenamt Sign inA C1 award speech that refuses to flatter — praising eleven years of volunteering while insisting, at the honouree's own request, that it should not have been necessary.~9 min

18Projektbesprechung: sechs Wochen im Rückstand Sign inA C1 project meeting working through three options for a six-week delay — Konjunktiv II scenarios, functional verb structures, and a chair who closes with Ich halte fest.~9 min

19Interview: dreißig Jahre dieselbe Messstelle Sign inA C1 interview with a marine biologist on long-term measurement — and how a press release about one sub-area turned into a headline about recovered stocks.~9 min

20Nachrichtenüberblick mit Hintergrund Sign inA C1 news round-up and background note, where Konjunktiv I keeps two contradicting parties apart and the real story is a decision that left the formula open.~9 min