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Reich

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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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

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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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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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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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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

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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
  • Urdu: ریخ (raix) — a German empire or nation
  • Uzbek: reyx — a German empire or nation
  • Vietnamese: đế chế — a German empire or nation
  • Yiddish: רײַך (raykh) — a German empire or nation
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