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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɹaɪx/|/ɹaɪk/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɹaɪx/|/ɹaɪk/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Reich.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪx|aɪk|s=1}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪx|aɪk|s=1}}


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# A [[German]] [[empire]], [[kingdom]] or [[nation]]; its territory or [[government]].
# A [[German]] [[empire]], [[kingdom]] or [[nation]]; its territory or [[government]].
#* {{RQ:Busching Murdoch Geography|volume=IV|chapter=Introduction to the Description of Germany|page=4|passage=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''.}}
#* '''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:
# {{lb|en|in particular}} The [[Third Reich]]; [[Nazi Germany]].
#*: 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''.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2016|author=Colin Philpott|title=Relics of the '''Reich''': The Buildings The Nazis Left Behind}}
# {{lb|en|in particular}} The [[Third Reich]]; the [[German]] state, territory{{,}} or government under the [[Nazi]]s.
#* '''2016''', Colin Philpott, ''Relics of the '''Reich''': The Buildings The Nazis Left Behind''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2017|author=Gerhard Engel|title=At the Heart of the '''Reich''': The Secret Diary of Hitler's Army Adjutant}}
#* '''2017''', Gerhard Engel, ''At the Heart of the '''Reich''': The Secret Diary of Hitler's Army Adjutant''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2019|author=Peter Finn|title=A Guest of the '''Reich''': The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre}}
# {{lb|en|chiefly|derogatory}} Any <!--(de jure or de facto)--> [[empire]], especially one that is [[imperialist]], [[tyrannical]], and/or [[racist]].
#* '''2019''', Peter Finn, ''A Guest of the '''Reich''': The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1936|title=The American Mercury|volume=38-39|page=367
# Any <!--(de jure or de facto)--> [[empire]], especially one that is [[imperialist]], [[tyrannical]], and/or [[racist]].
|passage=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 {{...}}}}
#* '''1936''', ''The American Mercury'' (volumes 38-39), page 367:
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1943|author=Owen Joseph Christoffer Norem|title=Timeless Lithuania|page=280
#*: 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 {{...}}
|passage=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.}}
#* '''1943''', Owen Joseph Christoffer Norem, ''Timeless Lithuania'', page 280:
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1943|author=Francis A. Ridley|title=Towards the British Revolution|page=15
#*: 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.
|passage=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 {{...}}}}
#* '''1943''', Francis A. Ridley, ''Towards the British Revolution'', page 15
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2000|author=Keith Grint|title=The Arts of Leadership|page=161
#*: 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 {{...}}
|passage=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.}}
#* '''2000''', Keith Grint, ''The Arts of Leadership'', page 161:
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2015|author=Grégoire Chamayou|title=A Theory of the Drone|page=226
#*: 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.
|passage={{...|[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'''.}}
#* '''2015''', Grégoire Chamayou, ''A Theory of the Drone'', page 226:
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2017|author=Madhavan K. Palat|title=India and the World in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
#*: {{...|[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'''.
|passage=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.}}
#* '''2017''', Madhavan K. Palat, ''India and the World in the First Half of the Twentieth Century'':
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2021|journal=Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity|author=Steven Best||volume=9|issue=2|title=Failed species|passage=The Human '''Reich''' over nature is inherently flawed, catastrophically overextended, and soon to fall on its own sword.}}
#*: 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.
#* {{quote-web|en|date=2023-10-24|author=Thomas W. Murphy|title=Our Ugly Magnificence|work=Do the Math|url=https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2023/10/our-ugly-magnificence/|format=blog|passage=The Human '''Reich''' is a fundamentally flawed bit of imagination that can never be realized, as we critically depend on an intact ecology.}}


====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
* While Germany could only be referred to as the {{m|en|German Empire}} from 1871 to 1918, when it was under the rule of an emperor ({{m|de|Kaiser}}), the term “German Reich” describes Germany until 1945.
* While Germany could only be referred to as the {{m|en|German Empire}} from 1871 to 1918 when it was under the rule of an emperor ({{m|de|Kaiser}}), the term “German Reich” describes Germany until 1945.


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
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====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|a German empire or nation}}
{{trans-top|a German empire or nation}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|rajh|m}}, {{t|sq|rajhu|m}} {{qualifier|definite}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|إِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّة|f}} {{qualifier|empire}}, {{t|ar|رَايْش|m|tr=rayš}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|إِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّة|f}} {{qualifier|empire}}, {{t|ar|رَايْش|m}}, {{t|ar|رَايْخ|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ռայխ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|reyx}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|рэйх|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|райх|m}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|帝國|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|帝国|tr=dìguó|sc=Hani}} {{qualifier|empire}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|帝國}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|říše|f}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Danish: {{t|da|rige|n}}
* Danish: {{t|da|rige|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|rijk}}, {{t+|nl|Rijk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|rijk}}, {{t+|nl|Rijk}}
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* German: {{t+|de|Reich|n}}
* German: {{t+|de|Reich|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κράτος|n}}, {{t+|el|ράιχ|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κράτος|n}}, {{t+|el|ράιχ|n}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|राइख़|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|birodalom}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|birodalom}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|ríki|n}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Reich|alt=il Reich}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Reich|alt=il Reich}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|ライヒ|tr=raihi}}, {{t+|ja|帝国|tr=ていこく, teikoku}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|ライヒ|tr=raihi}}, {{t+|ja|帝国|tr=ていこく, teikoku}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|rike}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|рейх}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|라이히}}, {{t+|ko|제국(帝國)}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|рейх}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|reihs|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|reichas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|Рајх|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|rike|n}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|رایش|tr=râyš}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rzesza|f}}, {{t+|pl|imperium|n}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rzesza|f}}, {{t+|pl|imperium|n}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|Reich|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|Reich|m}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|Reich|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|рейх|m}}, {{t+|ru|рейх|m|tr=rɛjx}} {{qualifier|more common}}, {{t+|ru|райх|m}}, {{t+|ru|импе́рия|f}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|рейх|m}}, {{t+|ru|рейх|m|tr=rɛjx}} {{qualifier|more common}}, {{t+|ru|райх|m}}, {{t+|ru|импе́рия|f}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|Рајх|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|sh|Царство|n|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|sh|Империја|f|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|Рајх|m}}, {{t|sh|Царство|n}}, {{t|sh|Империја|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|Rajh|m|sc=Latn}}, {{t|sh|Carstvo|n|sc=Latn}}, {{t|sh|Imperija|f|sc=Latn}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|Rajh|m}}, {{t|sh|Carstvo|n}}, {{t|sh|Imperija|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|ríša|f}} {{qualifier|empire}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|rajh|m}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|Rike}}, {{t|sv|Riket}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|Rike}}, {{t|sv|Riket}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|рейх}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ไรช์}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|Reich}}, {{t|tr|Rayh}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|Reich}}, {{t|tr|Rayh}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|рейх|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|рейх|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ریخ|m|tr=raix}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|reyx}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|đế chế}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|רײַך|n|sc=Hebr}}
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[[Category:English terms with /x/]]
[[Category:English terms with /x/]]

----


==Bavarian==
==Bavarian==
{{rfquote|bar}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|bar|gmh|rîche|t=empire, kingdom, realm|pos=noun}}. Cognate with {{cog|de|Reich}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{rfp|bar}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{bar-noun|n}} (''plural'' [[Reicha]])
{{bar-noun|n|Reicha}}


# [[empire]] or significant [[State]]
# [[empire]] or significant [[State]]
# [[realm]] (also e.g. of plants)
# [[realm]] (also e.g. of plants)


====Declension====
----
{{rfinfl|bar|noun}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|bar|Reichsrat}}


==German==
==German==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{inh|de|gmh|riche}}, from {{inh|de|goh|rīhhi||power, might, empire}}, from {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*rīkī}}, from {{inh|de|gem-pro|*rīkiją}}, itself either a substantivised {{m|gem-pro|*rīkijaz||rich, mighty}} (whence also German {{m|de|reich||rich}}), or a direct borrowing from a {{der|de|cel}} language; compare Middle {{cog|ga|ríge||kingdom}}.<ref>{{cite-book|title=A Handbook of Germanic etymology|first=Vladimir|last=Orel|year=2003|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden & Boston|page=305}}</ref>
From {{inh|de|gmh|riche}}, from {{inh|de|goh|rīhhi||power, might, empire}}, from {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*rīkī}}, from {{inh|de|gem-pro|*rīkiją}}, itself either a substantivised {{m|gem-pro|*rīkijaz||rich, mighty}} (whence also German {{m|de|reich||rich}}), or a direct borrowing from a {{der|de|cel}} language; compare {{cog|sga|ríge|t=rule, kingship}}.<ref>{{cite-book|title=A Handbook of Germanic etymology|first=Vladimir|last=Orel|year=2003|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden & Boston|page=305}}</ref>


Cognates include {{cog|ang|rīċe||kingdom, empire}} (obsolete {{cog|en|riche}} and {{m|en|rike}}), {{cog|nl|rijk||empire, realm}}, {{cog|fy|ryk}}, {{cog|da|rige||empire, realm}}, {{cog|sv|rike}}, {{cog|is|ríki}}, {{cog|lt|rikis||military commander, ruler}}, and {{cog|sa|राज्य|tr=rājyá||royalty, kingship, sovereignty, empire}}.
Cognates include {{cog|ang|rīċe||kingdom, empire}} (obsolete {{cog|en|riche}} and {{m|en|rike}}), {{cog|nl|rijk||empire, realm}}, {{cog|fy|ryk}}, {{cog|da|rige||empire, realm}}, {{cog|sv|rike}}, {{cog|is|ríki}}, {{cog|lt|rikis||military commander, ruler}}, and {{cog|sa|राज्य|tr=rājyá||royalty, kingship, sovereignty, empire}}.
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* {{IPA|de|/ʁaɪ̯ç/}}
* {{IPA|de|/ʁaɪ̯ç/}}
* {{rhymes|de|aɪ̯ç|s=1}}
* {{rhymes|de|aɪ̯ç|s=1}}
* {{audio|de|De-Reich.oga|Audio}}
* {{audio|de|De-Reich.oga}}
* {{audio|de|De-Reich.ogg|Audio}}
* {{audio|de|De-Reich.ogg}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# [[empire]] or significant [[State]]
# [[empire]] or significant [[State]]
#* '''1868''', Wilhelm Hoffmann, ''Deutschland einst und jetzt im Lichte des '''Reiches''' Gottes''
#* {{quote-text|de|year=1868|author=Wilhelm Hoffmann|title=Deutschland einst und jetzt im Lichte des '''Reiches''' Gottes}}
# [[realm]] (also e.g. of plants)
# [[realm]] (also e.g. of plants)


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|Österreich|Ostreich
|Österreich|Ostreich
|Partherreich|Perserreich|Pflanzenreich|Phantomreich|Pharaonenreich
|Partherreich|Perserreich|Pflanzenreich|Phantomreich|Pharaonenreich
|Regentschaftskönigreich|Reich der Fabel|Reichsführer|Reich Gottes|Reich Mali|Reichshauptstadt|Reichsmark|Reichspfennig|Reichsstand|Römerreich
|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
|Safawidenreich|Sasanidenreich|Sassanidenreich|Schattenreich|Schneereich|Schwedenreich|Seleukidenreich|[[Songhaireich]], [[Songhai-Reich]]|Sowjetreich
|Tausendjähriges Reich|Tierreich|Totenreich
|Tausendjähriges Reich|Tierreich|Totenreich
|Überreich|Unterreich
|Überreich|Unterreich
|Vandalenreich|Vielvölkerreich|Vikingerreich|Vizekönigreich
|Vandalenreich|Vielvölkerreich|Vikingerreich|Vizekönigreich
|Weltreich|Westgotenreich|Westreich
|Weltreich|Wesenreich|Westgotenreich|Westreich
|Zarenreich|Zauberreich
|Zarenreich|Zauberreich
}}
}}
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# the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [[First Reich]]
# the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [[First Reich]]
#* '''2006''', Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, ''Das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation'', page 81:
#* {{quote-text|de|year=2006|author=Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger|title=Das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation|page=81
#*: {{quote|de|Der Prager Frieden hätte den Krieg im '''Reich''' beenden können, {{...}}}}
|passage=Der Prager Frieden hätte den Krieg im '''Reich''' beenden können, {{...}}}}
# the {{m|de|Deutsches Reich|Deutsche Reich}}
# the {{m|de|Deutsches Reich|Deutsche Reich}}
## the {{m|de|([[deutsch|Deutsche]]) [[Kaiserreich]]}}, the [[Second Reich]] (1871–1918)
## the {{m|de|([[deutsch|Deutsche]]) [[Kaiserreich]]}}, the [[Second Reich]] (1871–1918)
## the [[Weimar Republic]] (official name, 1919–1933)
## the [[Weimar Republic]] (official name, 1919–1933)
## the [[Third Reich]] (1933–1945)
## the [[Third Reich]] (1933–1945)
##* '''1969''', Gerhard Eisenblätter, ''Grundlinien der Politik des '''Reiches''' gegenüber dem Generalgouvernement, 1939-1945''
##* {{quote-text|de|year=1969|author=Gerhard Eisenblätter|title=Grundlinien der Politik des '''Reiches''' gegenüber dem Generalgouvernement, 1939-1945}}


====Descendants====
====Descendants====
* {{desc|bor=1|en|Reich}}
* {{desc|bor=1|en|Reich}}
* {{desc|bor=1|pl|Reich}}
* {{desc|bor=1|ru|рейх}}
* {{desc|bor=1|ru|рейх}}


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===Further reading===
===Further reading===
* {{R:Grimm}}
* {{R:DWDS}}
* {{R:DWDS}}
* {{R:UniLeipzig}}
* {{R:UniLeipzig}}
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* {{pedia|lang=de}}
* {{pedia|lang=de}}


==Polish==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pl|Rajch|rajch}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|pl|gmh|goh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|cel-pro|ine-pro}}
{{ubor|pl|de|Reich}}. {{dbt|pl|rzesza}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-p|rajch|h=Reich}}

===Proper noun===
{{pl-proper noun|m-in}}

# {{lb|pl|colloquial}} {{place|pl|country|r/Central Europe|t=Germany}}
#: {{syn|pl|Niemcy}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{cln|pl|exonyms}}


==Portuguese==
==Portuguese==
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|Brazil}} {{IPA|pt|/ˈʁajʃ/|/ˈʁajk/}}
* {{IPA|pt|/ˈʁajʃ/|/ˈʁajk/|a=BR}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
* {{l|pt|Primeiro Reich}}, {{l|pt|Segundo Reich}}, {{l|pt|Terceiro Reich}}
* {{l|pt|Primeiro Reich}}, {{l|pt|Segundo Reich}}, {{l|pt|Terceiro Reich}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|es|de|Reich||realm}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|Raij|hyph=+}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m|Reichs}}

# {{l|en|Reich}} {{gloss|territory of a German empire or nation}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es|Primer Reich|Segundo Reich|Tercer Reich}}

Latest revision as of 18:29, 29 June 2024

See also: reich and -reich

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Reich (empire, realm). Doublet of Raj and riche.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Reich

  1. A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.
    • 1762, A[nton] F[riedrich] Busching, “Introduction to the Description of Germany”, in [Patrick Murdoch], transl., A New System of Geography: In Which Is Given, a General Account of the Situation and Limits, the Manners, History, and Constitution, of the Several Kingdoms and States in the Known World; [], volumes IV (Containing, Part of Germany, viz. Bohemia, Moravia, Lusatia, Austria, Burgundy, Westphalia, and the Circle of the Rhine), London: [] A[ndrew] Millar [], →OCLC, 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, 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.
  2. (in particular) The Third Reich; Nazi Germany.
    • 2016, Colin Philpott, Relics of the Reich: The Buildings The Nazis Left Behind:
    • 2017, Gerhard Engel, At the Heart of the Reich: The Secret Diary of Hitler's Army Adjutant:
    • 2019, Peter Finn, A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre:
  3. (chiefly derogatory) Any empire, especially one that is imperialist, tyrannical, and/or racist.
    • 1936, The American Mercury, volumes 38-39, page 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 []
    • 1943, Owen Joseph Christoffer Norem, Timeless Lithuania, page 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.
    • 1943, Francis A. Ridley, Towards the British Revolution, page 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 []
    • 2000, Keith Grint, The Arts of Leadership, page 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.
    • 2015, Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, page 226:
      [] we are presenting our analysis of the place and significance of the remote war technology within the American Reich.
    • 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.
    • 2021, Steven Best, “Failed species”, in Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity, volume 9, number 2:
      The Human Reich over nature is inherently flawed, catastrophically overextended, and soon to fall on its own sword.
    • 2023 October 24, Thomas W. Murphy, “Our Ugly Magnificence”, in Do the Math[1] (blog):
      The Human Reich is a fundamentally flawed bit of imagination that can never be realized, as we critically depend on an intact ecology.

Usage notes

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  • While Germany could only be referred to as the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 when it was under the rule of an emperor (Kaiser), the term “German Reich” describes Germany until 1945.
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Translations

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Proper noun

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Reich

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

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  • 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.

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Bavarian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German rîche (empire, kingdom, realm, noun). Cognate with German Reich.

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Noun

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Reich n (plural Reicha)

  1. empire or significant State
  2. realm (also e.g. of plants)

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German riche, from Old High German rīhhi (power, might, empire), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, 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 Old Irish ríge (rule, kingship).[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).

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Noun

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Reich n (strong, genitive Reiches or Reichs, 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)

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Proper noun

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Reich n

  1. the Holy Roman Empire, the First Reich
    • 2006, Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation, page 81:
      Der Prager Frieden hätte den Krieg im Reich beenden können, []
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  2. the Deutsche Reich
    1. the (Deutsche) Kaiserreich, the Second Reich (1871–1918)
    2. the Weimar Republic (official name, 1919–1933)
    3. the Third Reich (1933–1945)
      • 1969, Gerhard Eisenblätter, Grundlinien der Politik des Reiches gegenüber dem Generalgouvernement, 1939-1945:

Descendants

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

Proper noun

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Reich m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Reichs or (with an article) Reich, feminine genitive Reich, plural Reichs)

  1. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic etymology, Leiden & Boston: Brill, page 305

Further reading

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from German Reich. Doublet of rzesza.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rajx/
  • Rhymes: -ajx
  • Syllabification: Reich

Proper noun

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Reich m inan

  1. (colloquial) Germany (a country in Central Europe)
    Synonym: Niemcy

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Further reading

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  • Reich in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Reich (realm).

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Noun

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Reich m (plural Reichs)

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

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Reich (realm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈraix/ [ˈrai̯x]
  • Rhymes: -aix
  • Syllabification: Reich

Noun

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Reich m (plural Reichs)

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

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