Catalogue question 40 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
What are the opening words of the German national anthem?
- "Peoples, hear the signals …"
- "Unity and justice and freedom …" Correct
- "Joy, beautiful spark of the gods …"
- "Germany, united fatherland …"
Why — for every option
- A — That is the opening line of "The Internationale", the socialist workers' anthem, not the German national anthem.
- B — Correct: the third verse of the Deutschlandlied, the sole national anthem since 1991, begins with "Unity and justice and freedom for the German fatherland".
- C — That is the opening of Schiller's "Ode to Joy", set to music in Beethoven's 9th Symphony and the anthem of the European Union — not Germany's national anthem.
- D — That was the opening line of East Germany's national anthem "Risen from Ruins", not today's all-German anthem.
Source: www.bundespraesident.de
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