Reich

Borrowed from German Reich (“empire, realm”).

• IPA^(key): /ɹaɪx/, /ɹaɪk/

Reich

1. A German empire or nation (before 1945); its territory or government.
   • 1762, A. F. Busching, A New System of Geography, volume 4, containing, Part of Germany, viz. Bohemia, Moravia, Lusatia, Austria, Burgundy, Westphalia, and the Circle of the Rhine, translated from German, page 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, 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.

Historically, only Germany from 1871 to 1918 — when Germany was under the rule of an emperor (Kaiser) — is known in English as the German Empire, while the term “German Reich” describes Germany from 1871 to 1945.

• First Reich
• Second Reich
• Third Reich
• Fourth Reich

• Holy Roman Empire
• Weimar Republic

• Cheri, Erich, Rheic, Riche, cheir-, riche

From Old High German rīhhi (“power, might, empire”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, itself either a substantivised *rīkijaz (“rich, mighty”) (whence also German reich (“rich”)), or a direct borrowing from a Celtic language; compare Middle Irish ríge (“kingdom”).[1]

Cognates include Old English rīċe (“kingdom, empire”) (obsolete English riche and rike), Dutch rijk (“empire, realm”), West Frisian ryk, Danish rige (“empire, realm”), Swedish rike, Icelandic ríki, Lithuanian rikis (“military commander, ruler”), and Sanskrit राज्य (rājyá, “royalty, kingship, sovereignty, empire”).

• IPA^(key): [ʁaɪ̯ç]

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Reich n (genitive Reichs or Reiches, plural Reiche)

1. empire or significant State
   • 1868, Wilhelm Hoffmann, Deutschland einst und jetzt im Lichte des Reiches Gottes
2. realm (also e.g. of plants)

• Westrich n or m

Reich n

1. the First Reich (the Holy Roman Empire)
   • 2006, Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation, page 81:

     Der Prager Frieden hätte den Krieg im Reich beenden können, […]

2. the Second Reich (until 1918)
3. the Third Reich (1933 to 1945)
   • 1969, Gerhard Eisenblätter, Grundlinien der Politik des Reiches gegenüber dem Generalgouvernement, 1939-1945
4. A surname​.

• → English: Reich
• → Russian: рейх (rejx)

• Reich in Duden online

Borrowed from German Reich (“realm”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁajʃ/, /ˈʁajk/

Reich m (plural Reichs)

1. Reich (territory of a German empire or nation)

• Primeiro Reich, Segundo Reich, Terceiro Reich