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Reich

//ɹaɪx// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
  2. 2
    A municipality in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Noun
  1. 1
    A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.

    "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. 2
    the German state wordnet
  3. 3
    The Third Reich; Nazi Germany.

    "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."

  4. 4
    Any empire, especially one that is imperialist, tyrannical, and/or racist. derogatory

    "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 […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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