Altes Reich
[ˌaltəs ˈʁaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“Altes Reich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erste der drei klassischen Perioden des Alten Ägypten, die ungefähr von 2700 bis 2200 v. Chr. dauerte
Corpus desk
Index DE-altes-reich · Altes Reich · German
Altes Reich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Altes Reich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌaltəs ˈʁaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Altes Reich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Altes Reich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌaltəs ˈʁaɪ̯ç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erste der drei klassischen Perioden des Alten Ägypten, die ungefähr von 2700 bis 2200 v. Chr. dauerte".
Zero misspellings are on record for Altes Reich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Altes Reich, spelled A-L-T-E-S- -R-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1erste der drei klassischen Perioden des Alten Ägypten, die ungefähr von 2700 bis 2200 v. Chr. dauerte
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Altes Reich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Weshalb mich herausfordern, mich, der ich Kathulos bin, der Magier, groß, selbst in den Tagen des Alten Reiches?‹“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.