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An example use of poltern in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:
“… seit weihnachten 2009 10 poltern die …”
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the word poltern occurs in german on average 0.9 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.