GermanyAufgabe 264 · People and society
For which festival do people in Germany wear colourful costumes and masks?
In the exam (German)
Zu welchem Fest tragen Menschen in Deutschland bunte Kostüme und Masken?
- aon Rose Monday (Rosenmontag)am RosenmontagCorrect answer
- bon May Day (Maifeiertag)am Maifeiertag
- cat the Oktoberfestbeim Oktoberfest
- dat Pentecost (Pfingsten)an Pfingsten
Why?
On Rose Monday, carnival – also called Fasching or Fastnacht – reaches its high point. Many people dress up in colourful costumes and masks, and in cities such as Köln (Cologne), Düsseldorf and Mainz big parades move through the streets. Rose Monday is always the Monday before Ash Wednesday, so it falls on a different day in February or March each year.
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Questions and options: Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), Gesamtfragenkatalog for the “Leben in Deutschland” test and the Einbürgerungstest, as of 07.05.2025 (Annex 1 to the Einbürgerungstestverordnung). The English translation and the explanations are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are asked in German. The coats of arms, flags and photos come from Wikimedia Commons, the maps and ballot papers are drawn by us – authors and licences are listed under Image credits. This is not a government service.
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