Altreich

German Etymology de :af alt Reich From de alt Reich. Noun n,s:es de in various contexts the older of two realms, empires (or groupings thereof) Declension n,s:es Proper noun n,s:es.article de Nazism since 1938 those areas of Germany that had been part of the Weimar Republic, thus excluding the annexed territories Usage notes After 1940/41, the term was occasionally broadened to include those areas that had been fully annexed before the war (i.e. Austria and Sudetenland), but the above-given definition still remained official and predominant.