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Reich

Reich

9.9
The German state when ruled by an emperor or a harsh government
  • noun
  • /raɪk/
translation icon : Reich
  • It is this state within the state that Hitler will now continue to use to forge the Thousand Year Reich for which he so desperately yearns.

He said listen, my kids are all going to be star Third Reich sympathizers, No.

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Examples

  • During the 1930s, the Third Reich implemented strict laws to control many aspects of life in Germany.

  • Economic history of the Third Reich, the wages of destruction.

  • But at least we're not over in the the Reich, which which is doing horrible things.

  • I mean, you must have murdered half the third reich down there!

  • Like you basically traced modern money from major companies, international companies back to old Third Reich money.

  • And that means the deputy surgeon general of the Third Reich, OK.

  • No, he was taking Slavs into the Reich as well.

  • It's difficult for me to imagine Hitler getting to be Reich Chancellor without those huge economic disasters.

  • The expansion of the Reich under Nazi rule led to significant territorial changes in Europe.

  • Many historians study the political and social structures of the Reich to understand its impact on modern Germany.

Synonyms

Nazi Germany
vsReich
18 4.4

A period from 1933 to 1945 when Germany was ruled by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party

is a broader label covering many historical imperial or authoritarian German states
Third Reich
vsReich
12 8.6

A time when the Nazi party ruled Germany under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945

is the general historical term for imperial or authoritarian German states
First Reich
vsReich
1 9.9

A name for the Holy Roman Empire as the first of three German empires

is the general label for German states across different eras and governments
Second Reich
vsReich
8.9

A period in German history from 1871 to 1919 when the country was an empire

is a general term for German states not limited to that imperial period
9.9

A country in Europe ruled by the Hohenzollern family from 1871 to 1919

is broader, applying to various German regimes beyond that dynasty

Compounds

12 8.6

A time when the Nazi party ruled Germany under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945

1 9.9

A name for the Holy Roman Empire as the first of three German empires

Fourth Reich
  • Offensive
9.9

A feared future German state that continues Nazi ideas

A period in German history from 1871 to 1919 when the country was an empire

Turd Reich
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude name for a corrupt or oppressive political group used to mock them

Surface Forms

Reich singular
Reiche plural

Etymology

Reich comes from German and means 'realm' or 'empire', the land a ruler controls. It is related to an old English word that became rich, which once also meant 'powerful', so historians use Reich to name periods of German rule like the 'Third Reich'.