Language: English
Question 40 · Federal question
With which words does the German national anthem begin?
German original (as asked in the real test)
Mit welchen Worten beginnt die deutsche Nationalhymne?
- A Völker, hört die Signale …
- B Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit … ✓ Correct answer
- C Freude schöner Götterfunken …
- D Deutschland einig Vaterland …
Translation
With which words does the German national anthem begin?
- A Peoples, hear the signals ...
- B Unity and justice and freedom ... ✓ Correct answer
- C Joy, beautiful spark of the gods ...
- D Germany united fatherland ...
Explanation
The German national anthem uses the third stanza of the Deutschlandlied, which opens with the words Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit, unity and justice and freedom.
Tips
- The anthem's opening line is unity and justice and freedom, from the third stanza only.
- Ode to Joy is the EU anthem, do not confuse the two.
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