Hi, Freunde der deutschen Sprache!
You have arrived at learning German if you understand this without subtitles:
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I watched this video from start to end without resorting to subtitles. My few impressions. German language seems like it is flowing on my subconscious mind. Picking up phrases like “mach klar” no issue for me. I knew they talked about some technicalities of the motorbike but missing out on the exact technicalities/details. I have had the same overall impression regarding missing out on the actual"gist" of their conversations. I will watch it again in 6 months’ time and see if there is an improvement. Definitely harder than watching dubbed TV, that’s how it seems to me. At what language level one should be at in order to understand their conversations effortlessly?
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Hi, Asad!
In order to understand their conversations effortlessly I´d say you need a C1 level in listening comprehension.
The problem with this video is that they don´t speak “High German”, but use the pronunciation found in Northern Germany (here: Schleswig-Holstein).
Have a nice evening
Peter
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Danke für die Empfehlung! Es war mir wirklich lustig :-).
Aber manchmal verstehe ich Platt und Norddeutsch bessere als Hochdeutsch. Also vielleicht musst du mir etwas schicken, das Bayerisch oder Alemannisch ist, und wenn ich das verstehen kann, bin ich angekommen.
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Ha, ha. “Werner” / “Brösel” als Bayern? Das sind aber norddeutsche “Unikate” 
Mal schau´n, ob ich etwas Schönes für Euch in anderen Dialekten finde (in Sächsisch, Bayerisch, usw.).
Schönen Tag
Peter
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Ik bün (villicht) plat vör annern Dialekten :).
Schönen Tag noch,
Toby
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Let us up the ante: if you can understand the lyrics of this song without subtitles, you will have arrived: Wadde hadde dudde da? - Official Musikvideo - TV total - YouTube
(my Scandinavian mother drew a blank even though she had lived in Germany for nearly 3 decades when this song came out)
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Not fair! I barely understand lyrics to songs in English as it is, aber es geht leichtere beim zweiten Mal.
I think this would be the English equivalent:
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Point taken! Lyrics are generally unfair: Misheard Lyrics | Peter Kay: The Tour That Didn't Tour Tour - YouTube
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whether I have arrived in German or not, but I can bet my house on the level of lyrics; it is definitely the level of a toddler wadde hadde dudde da on repeat, I am curious I can also make out words like haar , unklar easily…could understand that female presenter too.
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