Reich
Reich definition
Reich (rīk; GerrīH)
noun
- the Holy Roman Empire, regarded as the first German empire (First Reich)
- Germany or the German government; specif.,
- the German Empire from 1871 to 1919 (Second Reich)
- the German republic from 1919 to 1933 (Weimar Republic)
- the German fascist state under the Nazis from 1933 to 1945 (Third Reich)
Etymology: Ger < OHG rihhi, akin to OE rice, Goth reiki < IE base *reĝ-, to put in order, straight > right
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