name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ɹaɪx/
/ɹaɪk/
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rhymes with -aɪx
rhymes with -aɪk
/raɪʃ/
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1
name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A municipality in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The Third Reich; Nazi Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Any empire, especially one that is imperialist, tyrannical, and/or racist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
the German state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
Narrower terms: Hohenzollern empire, Second Reich, Third Reich, Nazi Germany
7
noun
Meaning 7
United States composer (born in 1936)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Steve Reich, Stephen Michael Reich
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: composer
8
noun
Meaning 8
Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Wilhelm Reich
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: analyst, psychoanalyst
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Reich (“empire, realm”). Doublet of Raj.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
rajh
— a German empire or nation
Albanian:
rajhu
— a German empire or nation
Arabic:
إِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّة
(ʔimbirāṭūriyya)
— a German empire or nation
Arabic:
رَايْش
(rāyš)
— a German empire or nation
Arabic:
رَايْخ
(rāyḵ)
— a German empire or nation
Armenian:
ռայխ
(ṙayx)
— a German empire or nation
Azerbaijani:
reyx
— a German empire or nation
Belarusian:
рэйх
(rejx)
— a German empire or nation
Bulgarian:
райх
(rajh)
— a German empire or nation
Chinese Mandarin:
帝國 /帝国
(dìguó)
— a German empire or nation
Czech:
říše
— a German empire or nation
Danish:
rige
— a German empire or nation
Dutch:
rijk
— a German empire or nation
Dutch:
Rijk
— a German empire or nation
French:
Reich
— a German empire or nation
French:
empire
— a German empire or nation
Georgian:
რაიხი
(raixi)
— a German empire or nation
German:
Reich
— a German empire or nation
Greek:
κράτος
(krátos)
— a German empire or nation
Greek:
ράιχ
(ráich)
— a German empire or nation
Hebrew:
רייך
(raykh)
— a German empire or nation
Hindi:
राइख़
(rāix)
— a German empire or nation
Hungarian:
birodalom
— a German empire or nation
Icelandic:
ríki
— a German empire or nation
Italian:
il Reich
— a German empire or nation
Japanese:
ライヒ
(raihi)
— a German empire or nation
Japanese:
帝国
(teikoku)
— a German empire or nation
Kazakh:
рейх
(reix)
— a German empire or nation
Korean:
라이히
(raihi)
— a German empire or nation
Korean:
제국
(jeguk)
— a German empire or nation
Kyrgyz:
рейх
(reyh)
— a German empire or nation
Latvian:
reihs
— a German empire or nation
Lithuanian:
reichas
— a German empire or nation
Macedonian:
Рајх
(Rajh)
— a German empire or nation
Norwegian Bokmål:
rike
— a German empire or nation
Persian:
رایش
(râyš)
— a German empire or nation
Polish:
Rzesza
— a German empire or nation
Portuguese:
Reich
— a German empire or nation
Romanian:
Reich
— a German empire or nation
Russian:
рейх
(rejx)
— a German empire or nation
Russian:
рейх
(rɛjx)
— a German empire or nation
Russian:
райх
(rajx)
— a German empire or nation
Russian:
импе́рия
(impérija)
— a German empire or nation
Serbo-Croatian:
Рајх
— a German empire or nation
Serbo-Croatian:
Царство
— a German empire or nation
Serbo-Croatian:
Империја
— a German empire or nation
Serbo-Croatian:
Rajh
— a German empire or nation
Serbo-Croatian:
Carstvo
— a German empire or nation
Serbo-Croatian:
Imperija
— a German empire or nation
Slovak:
ríša
— a German empire or nation
Slovene:
rajh
— a German empire or nation
Swedish:
Rike
— a German empire or nation
Swedish:
Riket
— a German empire or nation
Tajik:
рейх
(reyx)
— a German empire or nation
Thai:
ไรช์
— a German empire or nation
Turkish:
Reich
— a German empire or nation
Turkish:
Rayh
— a German empire or nation
Ukrainian:
рейх
(rejx)
— a German empire or nation
Ukrainian:
райх
(rajx)
— a German empire or nation