Posted 21 Oct 2018 1 hour ago, swimmer said: It's not obscure German history, or arts etc. It's functional practicalities about life here including the drivers of it (e.g. aspects of the constitution). There are about 50 questions on history in the full set of 300, so I guess there are likely to be about 5 in the actual test. There are mostly about the Nazi era, the second world war or the DDR. Many are quite easy, though a few are obscure. Most of the questions are about the constitution, the law, the electoral system and social issues. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Oct 2018 On 10/20/2018, 7:29:48, apel said: In the Einbürgerungstest, there are 33 questions, selected from a full range of 310. Each question is multiple choice, with 4 possible answers. You need 17 correct to pass. All 310 are published on the internet, with answers. In the first test in fraufruit's post above, there is a preponderance of questions about the old DDR, which maybe many immigrants wouldn't be too familiar with. Although there are several such questions in the full list (too many in my view), I think the selection of the 33 requires balance between the different topics, and you wouldn't get so many in a real test. I agree with swimmer that by eliminating obvious wrong choices and with a reasonable amount of background knowledge, it should be straightforward for most people who understand most of the questions to pass. In particular, many of the questions on social issues, seem to have 3 obvious wrong choices! This is backed up by statistics: on average 98.4% of candidates pass. Go thorugh the whole practice test. Pop the q & a into google translate if you don't understand. Look up any confusing stuff on wikipedia. drill them until you get 100% or close. tbh if you can speak German you can ace this test. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2018 A friend sent me an online Einburgerungstest, which I tried, just out of interest. I got 29/33 right on my first attempt, so I really don't think itis something to worry too much about. Also, if you practice the test more often, you will notice that the answer is always the same (strange, huh?!), so even if you are a little unsure wha tthe question actually is, at least you can try to remember which of the four answers is the correct one! @ Fraufruit - try this online test - you can find out the correct answer instantly: https://www.einbuergerungstest-online.eu/einbuergerungstest/by/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2018 I haven't lived in Germany for thirty years, and I got 43 out of 50 right. You just have to read carefully and use your common sense - I'd have done better if I'd been serious about the quiz. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Oct 2018 What is with this idea of East Germany being, erm, "historic", please? Quite a few of us are probably getting on for as old as it was . My home nation monarch's reign (from 1952) is only few years shorter and it'd be rude to call her "history" . It may be over but that's not really the same, and many people in the east still live results. Stuff that still exists and is tested is at least as old: the post-war constitution, marriage etc. (Same applies to the Nazi era. Quite a few of my family members and associates remember it. The b/f I moved here for was alive during it and indeed is only in current Germany because of it, family displaced from Kalingrad; and the incumbent Mr Swimmer grew up in the Warsaw Pact). 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 11 Dec 2018 Wed 12 Dec 2018 in many parts of Germany, Brits will have Brexit Stammtischeshttps://britishingermany.org/category/british-in-germany-event/ 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 14 May 2019 There's a Brexit meeting 19:30 Friday 17th May 2019, Bavaria Saal 2, Wirts-haus Am Bavaria- park, Munich http://www.berklix.eu/brexit/2019-05-17/ 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
