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Naturalisation test in the canton of Zug

OralFederal base

«Leitfaden» Einbürgerungsgespräch (Zug) — the official example questions for the oral interview

Federal base

Basic preparation: the official federal questions borrowed from another canton — not this canton’s real questions.

The real exam is oral. These values are for practice only and do not reproduce the official exam.

Real exam — How the test works

Oral interview, example guide only

Zug assesses orally, in the Bürgergemeinde's interview (official examples in the Leitfaden, with scored questions and a pass mark per block), with no written test and no binding catalogue. For now, we prepare you with the basic federal questions (taken from Zürich's Grundkenntnistest) — these are not the real interview questions.

Format

Oral

Question language

German

Attempts

varies by commune

Cost

CHF 1200–2400 (Bürgergemeinde)

Run by

Bürgergemeinde (Bürgerrat) im Einbürgerungsgespräch, auf Gemeindeebene

The interview

What is assessed

knowledge and integration

Weight

the hearing counts in the decision

Level

the commune

Legal basis

Kantonales Bürgerrechtsgesetz (KBüG) + Verordnung BGS 121.31 (revidiert per 1.1.2025) ; eidg. BüG

Number of questions

19 official

Pass mark

70 % official

Who is exempt

in der Schweiz obligatorisch eingeschult / schweizerischer Bildungsweg

What the test covers

Democracy & FederalismSocial welfare & Civil societyHistoryGeographyCulture & Everyday life

What the app holds for this canton

Simulated written exam

Pass threshold: 26/38 (≈ 68 %) practice
38 questions across 5 categories practice
60 minutes practice
Free navigation between questions
Results only at the end

Simulated oral exam Oral · true to the interview

19 questions · self-assessment, no pass mark

Listen — The real oral
Read — Oral, in text

Official material

Official question cataloguekr-geschaefte.zug.ch ↗ provided by the cantonmixed formatsanswers includedPDF → Official coursezg.ch ↗ provided by the cantontextno answers →

11 communes in the canton

Every commune in the canton

6340Baar

6330Cham

6331Hünenberg

6313Menzingen

6345Neuheim

6315Oberägeri

6343Risch

6312Steinhausen

6314Unterägeri

6318Walchwil

6300Zug

Official source

zg.ch ↗ Direktion des Innern, Zivilstands- und Bürgerrechtsdienst

Questions about the Zug naturalisation test

How does the naturalisation test work in Zug?

Oral. Basic preparation: the official federal questions borrowed from another canton — not this canton’s real questions.

How many questions, how long, and what score to pass?

19 questions (official) · 60 min (practice) · 13 correct answers out of 19 to pass (practice).

Where can I find official information on the Zug test?

The official source is zg.ch, published by Direktion des Innern, Zivilstands- und Bürgerrechtsdienst. The app prepares you for it free of charge — Federal base. ↗

Can I practise for free?

Yes. The app is free, with no ads and no sign-up required, on iOS and Android.