Reich

reich -reich English Etymology en :bor de:Reich<t:realm> en ine-pro *h₃reǵ- en de Reich empire, realm. en Raj. Pronunciation noun en /ɹaɪx/ /ɹaɪk/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Reich.wav Southern England en aɪx aɪk 1 surname en /raɪʃ/ en En-us-Reich.ogg GA Noun ? A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government. IV Introduction to the Description of Germany 4 The Empire is differently denominated as well by Germans themſelves as by others. It is called the Reich, in Latin Regnum, by way of eminence, as alſo the German Reich, in Latin Regnum Germanicum. The appellation of Germany, is ſeldom uſed now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz. en in particular The Third Reich; Nazi Germany. en 2016 Colin Philpott Relics of the Reich: The Buildings The Nazis Left Behind en 2017 Gerhard Engel At the Heart of the Reich: The Secret Diary of Hitler's Army Adjutant en 2019 Peter Finn A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre en-GB Brendan Simms Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump? w:The Guardian 2026-01-16 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/16/nazi-theorist-vision-great-spaces-new-advocate-trump 0261-3077 Obviously, Schmitt envisaged Nazi Germany as the Reich at the heart of the European great space, which he sought to shield from Anglo-American interference. https://web.archive.org/web/20260116054531/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/16/nazi-theorist-vision-great-spaces-new-advocate-trump en chiefly derogatory Any empire, especially one that is imperialist, tyrannical, and/or racist. en 1936 The American Mercury 38-39 367 And so his fine words — they are excellent within these limitations — must be husbanded exclusively against foes of the Russian Reich. Nevertheless, he too turns his back on the past with a will. . . . God knows how far the Tolstoian talent en 1943 Owen Joseph Christoffer Norem Timeless Lithuania 280 Mr. Ycas, one of their members, told me that a serious attempt was made to strike for total independence but that the majority felt it was the wise course to ask for autonomy within the Russian Reich. A Lithuanian National Council was formed. en 1943 Francis A. Ridley Towards the British Revolution 15 Did not Oliver Cromwell, the founder of the British Reich, boast that hanging Irishmen always gave him an excellent appetite? Yet who could deny that he was a political and military genius? One should always compare Imperialisms en 2000 Keith Grint The Arts of Leadership 161 Frere, obviously keen to start the thousand-year civilizing mission of the British Reich as soon as possible, invited Cetshwayo to a meeting in December 1878. en 2015 Grégoire Chamayou A Theory of the Drone 226 [Because the] pessimistic and awe-stricken views presented in the article are essentially due to a lack of a proper political perspective we are presenting our analysis of the place and significance of the remote war technology within the American Reich. en 2017 Madhavan K. Palat India and the World in the First Half of the Twentieth Century NATO and the European Union, both led by America, embody that purpose. It preserves the sovereignty of the member states, but ultimate sovereignty rests with the American Reich and all the states willingly coordinate their policies with and subordinate themselves to American leadership. en 2021 Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity Steven Best 9 2 Failed species The Human Reich over nature is inherently flawed, catastrophically overextended, and soon to fall on its own sword. en 2023-10-24 Thomas W. Murphy Our Ugly Magnificence Do the Math https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2023/10/our-ugly-magnificence/ blog The Human Reich is a fundamentally flawed bit of imagination that can never be realized, as we critically depend on an intact ecology. https://web.archive.org/web/20240228112653/https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2023/10/our-ugly-magnificence/ Usage notes While Germany could only be referred to as the en German Empire from 1871 to 1918 when it was under the rule of an emperor (de Kaiser), the term “German Reich” describes Germany until 1945. Derived terms en copyreich reich-wing Reichian Reichism reichtard Related terms en First Reich en Second Reich en Third Reich en Fourth Reich en Turd Reich Translations a German empire or nation Albanian: sq rajh m, sq rajhu m definite Arabic: ar إِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّة f empire, ar رَايْش m, ar رَايْخ m Armenian: hy ռայխ Azerbaijani: az reyx Belarusian: be рэйх m Bulgarian: bg райх m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 帝國 empire Czech: cs říše f empire Danish: da rige n Dutch: nl rijk, nl Rijk Finnish: fi valtakunta French: fr Reich m, fr empire m empire Georgian: ka რაიხი German: de Reich n Greek: el κράτος n, el ράιχ n Hebrew: he רייך m raykh Hindi: hi राइख़ m Hungarian: hu birodalom Icelandic: is ríki n empire Italian: it Reich il Reich Japanese: ja ライヒ raihi, ja 帝国 ていこく, teikoku empire Kazakh: kk рейх Korean: ko 라이히, ko 제국(帝國) empire Kyrgyz: ky рейх Latvian: lv reihs m Lithuanian: lt reichas m Macedonian: mk Рајх m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb rike n Persian: fa رایش râyš Polish: pl Rzesza f Portuguese: pt Reich m Romanian: ro Reich n Russian: ru рейх m, ru рейх m rɛjx more common, ru райх m, ru импе́рия f empire Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Рајх m, sh Царство n, sh Империја f Latin: sh Rajh m, sh Carstvo n, sh Imperija f Slovak: sk ríša f empire Slovene: sl rajh m Swedish: sv Rike, sv Riket Tajik: tg рейх Thai: th ไรช์ Turkish: tr Reich, tr Rayh Ukrainian: uk рейх m, uk райх m Urdu: ur ریخ m raix Uzbek: uz reyx Vietnamese: vi đế chế Yiddish: yi רײַך n See also en Holy Roman Empire en Weimar Republic Proper noun en German. en mun in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, s/Rhineland-Palatinate c/Germany. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Reich is the 2,796th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12,891 individuals. Reich is most common among White (93.85%) individuals. Anagrams en cehir Cheri Erich Rheic Riche cheir- en terms with /x/ Bavarian bar Etymology From bar gmh rîche empire, kingdom, realm noun. Cognate with de Reich. Pronunciation bar Noun n Reicha empire or significant State realm (also e.g. of plants) Declension bar noun Derived terms bar Reichsrat German Etymology de :inh gmh:rīche<id:kingdom> From de gmh rīche kingdom, from de goh rīhhi kingdom power, might, empire, from de gmw-pro *rīkī kingdom, from de gem-pro *rīkiją, itself either a substantivised gem-pro *rīkijaz rich, mighty (whence also German de reich rich), or a direct borrowing from a de cel language; compare sga ríge rule, kingship.A Handbook of Germanic etymology Vladimir Orel 2003 Brill Leiden & Boston 305 Cognates include ang rīċe kingdom kingdom, empire (enm riche realm), nl rijk realm empire, realm, fy ryk realm, da rige empire, realm, sv rike, is ríki, lt rikis military commander, ruler, and sa रा॒ज्य kingdom royalty, kingship, sovereignty, empire. Pronunciation de /ʁaɪ̯ç/ de aɪ̯ç 1 de De-Reich.oga de De-Reich.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,(e)s empire or significant State de 1868 Wilhelm Hoffmann Deutschland einst und jetzt im Lichte des Reiches Gottes realm (also e.g. of plants) Declension n,(e)s Derived terms de Achämenidenreich Altreich Aschantireich Bergkönigreich Bulgarenreich Dänenreich Deutsches Reich Drittes Reich Erdreich Fabelreich Frankenreich Fränkisches Reich Frankreich Friedensreich Froschreich Gartenreich Geisterreich Gotenreich Gottesreich Großdeutsches Reich Großreich Habsburgerreich Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation Hethiterreich Himmelreich Hunnenreich Inkareich Kaiserreich Kleinkönigreich Kleinreich Kolonialreich Königreich Langobardenreich Lichtreich Malireich Maurya-Reich Menschenreich Merowingerreich Mitanni-Reich Mittani-Reich Mogulreich Mughal-Reich Naturreich Normannenreich Norwegerreich Österreich Ostreich Partherreich Perserreich Pflanzenreich Phantomreich Pharaonenreich Regentschaftskönigreich Reich der Fabel Reichsführer Reich Gottes Reich Mali Reichshauptstadt Reichskommissar Reichskommissariat Reichsmark Reichspfennig Reichsrat Reichsstand Römerreich Safawidenreich Sasanidenreich Sassanidenreich Schattenreich Schneereich Schwedenreich Seleukidenreich Songhaireich,Songhai-Reich Sowjetreich Tausendjähriges Reich Tierreich Totenreich Überreich Unterreich Vandalenreich Vielvölkerreich Vikingerreich Vizekönigreich Weltreich Wesenreich Westgotenreich Westreich Zarenreich Zauberreich Related terms de Westrich n m Proper noun de proper noun n the Holy Roman Empire, the First Reich de 2006 Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger Das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation 81 Der Prager Frieden hätte den Krieg im Reich beenden können, the de Deutsches Reich Deutsche Reich the de (Deutsche) Kaiserreich, the Second Reich (1871–1918) the Weimar Republic (official name, 1919–1933) the Third Reich (1933–1945) de 1969 Gerhard Eisenblätter Grundlinien der Politik des Reiches gegenüber dem Generalgouvernement, 1939-1945 Descendants 1 en Reich 1 pl Reich 1 ru рейх Proper noun surname de References Further reading de Italian Etymology it de Reich realm. Pronunciation rài[x] ràic Noun m # en Reich territory of a German empire or nation Derived terms it primo Reich secondo Reich terzo Reich Polish Alternative forms pl Rajch rajch Etymology pl :ubor de:Reich + 1 rzesza Pronunciation rajch Reich rajch,Rajch Proper noun m-in pl colloquial pl country r/Central Europe Germany pl Niemcy Declension <m.inan.sg> Further reading pl exonyms Portuguese Noun m Reichs Reich pt proscribed pt reich Spanish Etymology es :bor de:Reich<t:realm> + 1 Pronunciation Raij + Noun m Reichs en Reich territory of a German empire or nation Derived terms es Primer Reich Segundo Reich Tercer Reich