Read the election type before giving the age.
The test explicitly names a Bundestag election. The correct number is therefore 18, even if you have heard of a voting age of 16 for other elections.
Active electoral rights mean being entitled to cast a vote. Passive electoral rights mean being eligible to stand as a candidate. This question asks about voting, not standing for election.
The other three answers
None of the other numbers is the applicable minimum age for this election.
16
In Germany, 16 is the voting age for European elections. The federal voting age remains 18.
21
Being 21 is not required. An otherwise eligible person can vote in a federal election at 18.
23
Nor is 23 an age threshold for federal voting rights.
Age is one condition among several.
Federal voting rights also depend on statutory conditions, especially German citizenship and the applicable residence or expatriate rules. An eighteenth birthday does not automatically give every resident of Germany the right to vote for the Bundestag.
Rules for other elections cannot simply be transferred. European, state and local elections may have different age requirements; this question concerns only the Bundestag.
Article 38(2) · Basic Law ↗Bundestag: 18 on election day.
Keep the election type and reference date together.
Three words for this question
- wahlberechtigteligible to vote
- Someone who meets the legal requirements and may cast a vote.
- der Wahltagelection day
- The day used to assess the age requirement.
- das aktive Wahlrechtright to vote
- The right to cast a vote, distinct from the right to stand for election.