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An example use of leitungswasser in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:
“… schneidet das leitungswasser der hassels …”
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the word leitungswasser occurs in german on average 1.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.