German Citizenship Test
The official question set
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- Cards
- 406
- Categories
- 2
- Price
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What is in this deck
With this deck you learn the questions of the official German citizenship test: all 300 questions of the national catalogue plus the state questions.
Anyone applying for German citizenship sits the Einbürgerungstest: 33 questions drawn from a catalogue published by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. Seventeen correct answers are a pass.
This deck holds 406 questions from that catalogue with all four answers in full. The solution comes from the Federal Office's own interactive catalogue, which names the correct answer for every question. The questions stay in German, because that is the language of the exam.
The state-specific questions of all sixteen federal states are included. For every question the note gives the legal reference and the background the answer leaves out. The catalogue is as of 7 May 2025.
The categories decide what comes up: start with “Federal state questions” alone and add the rest when you are ready.
What you learn
- Basic rights, democracy and the rule of law
- Bundestag, Bundesrat, elections and parties
- History from 1933 to reunification
- Welfare state, school and living together
- The questions for your federal state
The categories
2 categories sort the 406 cards. You can filter by category and take on what is due right now.
- Federal state questions
- General questions
Where the content comes from
The cards follow Gesamtfragenkatalog zum Einbürgerungstest, published by Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge. As of Stand 7. Mai 2025.
What you get
Here are three of the 406 cards you get when you buy the deck.
Question
In Deutschland dürfen Menschen offen etwas gegen die Regierung sagen, weil …
Answer
hier Meinungsfreiheit gilt.
Note
Artikel 5 Absatz 1 Grundgesetz also protects the press and broadcasting. Absatz 2 sets the limits: the general laws, the protection of young people and the right to personal honour.
Question
In Deutschland können Eltern bis zum 14. Lebensjahr ihres Kindes entscheiden, ob es in der Schule am …
Answer
Religionsunterricht teilnimmt.
Note
Artikel 7 Absatz 2 Grundgesetz (the constitution) gives the choice to the parents. Under § 5 of the law on religious upbringing of children, the child decides alone from the age of 14.
Question
Deutschland ist ein Rechtsstaat. Was ist damit gemeint?
Answer
Alle Einwohnerinnen/Einwohner und der Staat müssen sich an die Gesetze halten.
Note
Artikel 20 Absatz 3 Grundgesetz (Basic Law) binds the administration and the courts to statute and law, and the legislature to the constitution. Anyone who feels wronged can go to court under Artikel 19 Absatz 4.
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How many cards are in German Citizenship Test?
406 cards, sorted into 2 categories.
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On iPhone and iPad from iOS 26, and on Apple Watch. One purchase covers the family through Family Sharing.
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