Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil: reading level, length and free edition
Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a play in verse in German. Our team rates it C2. It runs to 45,471 words with 10,212 different word forms, about 4–7.5 h of reading at 200 to 100 words per minute, and it is free from Project Gutenberg.
- Author
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Language
- German
- Level
- C2
- Form
- play in verse
- Words
- 45,471
- Different word forms
- 10,212
- Forms for 95% / 98%
- 7,939 / 9,303
- Reading time
- 4–7.5 h
- Free edition
- Project Gutenberg
Is Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil right for your level?
To recognise 95% of the running words in Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil, you need its 7,939 most frequent word forms; for 98%, the share at which most readers manage a novel without a dictionary, 9,303.
A word form is any spelling that appears in the text, so “walk” and “walked” count twice, and names count too. These numbers are a guide to how much vocabulary the book asks for, not a test. The level itself was set by hand by our team. Before you commit, read one page of the free edition and count the words you do not know: the one-page test takes two minutes.
Which words should you know before you start?
These are the words that Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil uses most often but that are not among the 2,000 most common word forms across all 40 German books in our library; the number is how many times each appears. Names of people and places are left out. Learning a handful of them first makes the opening chapters easier.
- edlen 16
- möcht 16
- regt 15
- gesehn 15
- schaut 14
- schafft 14
- kräftig 14
- solchem 14
- steigt 14
- lieblich 13
- andrer 12
- würdig 12
- begehrt 12
- schönsten 12
- find 12
How does it begin?
1. Anmutige Gegend 2. Hochgewölbtes enges gotisches Zimmer 3. Vor dem Palaste des Menelas zu Sparta 4. Hochgebirg 5. Offene Gegend
From the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain. If this paragraph already feels slow, try a book one level lower.
How long does it take to read?
| Words | 100 wpm | 150 wpm | 200 wpm | 250 wpm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45,471 | 7.5 h | 5 h | 4 h | 3 h |
Learners reading a book at their level often manage 100 to 150 words per minute, and readers in their first language 200 to 250. Where these speeds come from, and a calculator for your own: How long does it take to read a book?
Where can you read it for free?
The free edition is Project Gutenberg eBook #2230. Project Gutenberg publishes books that are in the public domain in the United States, as EPUB, Kindle and plain text, free and without an account. Copyright terms differ by country: if you live outside the United States, check that the book is out of copyright where you are before you download it.
To read it with a translation over every word you tap, open it in Readlang Mobile on iPhone or iPad.
What to read next at C2
German books at the same level that ask for a similar amount of vocabulary:
- Die Geburt der Tragödie, Friedrich Nietzsche: 41,816 words, 6,015 forms for 95%
See also all German books by level and books at C2 in all five languages.