American Takes REAL German Citizenship Test - Could You Pass It?

After moving to Germany and living in Germany, suddenly we might be able to get German citizenship with the proposed new German citizenship laws. The current laws on naturalization in Germany does not allow us to get dual citizenship, but that is one of the major proposed changes that could possibly give us the chance to gain a German passport! But in order to do that...we would have to prove our general knowledge about Germany and pass the German Einbürgerungstest. So, can I pass the German citizenship test already? Find out here! 😊

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00:00 - Intro
0:28 - Proposed New German Citizenship Laws
3:51 - Citizenship Test (Einbürgerungstest)
19:39 - Bloopers

[PassportTwo]

How did you do at this test?? Could you pass it or which questions stumped you? 😅

[micha_el_]

Fun fact: Wer im deutschen Einbürgerungstest die Fragen mit Satzzeichenfehlern, z.B. das Deppenleerzeichen in Frage 29, findet und korrigiert, wird auf der Stelle eingebürgert

[Herzschreiber]

I would rather translate "beschimpfen" with "to insult" than "to abuse". You really did a good job! I am German but would still have had one question wrong :)

[silastopole]

The question about what „CDU“ stands for is kinda funny because „Club Deutscher Unternehmer“ sums it up to well 😂😂

[IrationManitou]

You can be Proud of your knowledge about German culture, our Language and the Democratic System and History. Well Done!

[bayron]

Half way through your video I was stunned of how you a) read German and understood it correctly b) how you’ve put one and one together and got to this amazing result! Made me smile 😮😊 Hats off 🎉

[XDrakeX]

Beschimpfen isnt really abuse, its more like insult someone verbally

[micha_el_]

Glückwunsch zum bestandenen Einbürgerungstest! Aber bitte keine Leute auf der Straße beschimpfen ☝🏼🤭

[LucasBenderChannel]

Oh don't belittle your language skills! Your German is pretty good already! :)

[wynnchen]

American living in Berlin, there is a HUGE Vietnamese population here, such that the most common type of restaurant cuisine I see is Vietnamese by a considerable margin. It was a big surprise to me when I first moved here, but after 2+ years of living in Berlin the answer to that DDR question was obvious :)

[robwilliams]

As a former US citizen, giving up my citizenship of birth as a permanent resident in Germany was actually one of many motivations that I had to gain German citizenship. It has become increasingly precarious to manage finances as a U.S. citizen abroad. So if I were to become a German citizen without giving up my American citizenship would have left a massive problem unresolved for me. Keep in mind that I made this decision in the context of my intention to spend the rest of my life here.
And that is the primary reason why I am skeptical of making dual citizenship so widely available. There are certain limited cases where I believe that dual citizenship is justified, but definitely not as a right for everyone in all cases. I believe that becoming a naturalized citizen is an active commitment to the adopted home country, and I find it generally problematic to have dual alliances. I also generally don’t think people should become citizens while only being partially committed, leaving the option to „return home“ sometime in the future. Becoming a citizen should imho be a full commitment, with all related consequences. „Home“ should unambiguously be the country of your citizenship.

[Ginnilini]

As a German, I would have made two mistakes: I wasn't sure about the EU parliament and would probably have chosen "every 5 years", even though your reasoning was sound. I also wasn't sure about the title of the mayor of Berlin.
When it comes to the immigrants to the GDR, I was quite sure about Vietnam and Poland, but I was kind of thrown by Mozambique...(and I live in East Germany).
You did great!

[jensraab]

Both German Chef and English chef are derived from French chef where it means boss. (It's a cognate of English chief and Spanish jefe).
In German it retains that meaning, whereas in English it is actually a contraction of chef de cuisine (head of the kitchen). A bit like English for some weird reason cut off maître d'hôtel and turned it into maitre d'.

[thomaslanghorst]

The US fought in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism. They failed, so Vietnam is communist. Vietnam as well as the USSR had armed conflicts with China, so here they were on the same page too. The GDR was part of the Soviet block -> Vietnamese people went to the GDR first to study, later others for work. Or maybe it's easier to remember that France, Mexico and Chile never were part of the Soviet Block

[trueamnisias]

I was so confused at question 14 when you translated 'chef in einer Bank' as 'cook in a bank'. Chef in German is a 'false friend', it's a 'boss'' not a 'chef'. But I was amazed how little the big compound nouns flustered you, your German is really good, it's a difficult langugage to learn.

[uncletyrone]

5:14 They should have made „ Deutschland, Deutschland über alles“ the fourth option and give you a scoring penalty if you chose it

[KindDesWahnsinns]

The best softdrink is of course Afri Cola, as „alles ist in Afri Cola“

[bearenkindercool]

dass ihr zwei, drei absolut keine überraschung seid, so beliebt zu sein.
nicht nur in deutschland.
das ist so grandios.

mehr an worten, fehlt mir und meiner familie.

wir sind stolz auf euch. danke. danke.

donnie, deine frau, ihr drei ist, seid so warmherzig, was seid ihr wunderbar.

[Mamaki]

Actually, the insignia number two in your first question is the insignia of the Vatican. You did a great job. 29 of 33 is fantastic, even more so since you are here for only three and a half year and German isn't your first language. Congratulations! Don't mind, as long as it is coca cola or pepsi zero/light. I became a German citizen in 2020 and they asked me, if I also wanted to keep my Austrian citizenship (which I declined). I think you can keep two citizenships as long as they are both from the EU, but I'm not sure. As you said, it is super complicated.

[alexanderzippel]

Small thing about the "since when does the FRG have its current borders?" question.
1971 was the date West Germany offcially relinquished all of its claims on former german-now polish territories