Drittes Reich
[ˈdʁɪtəs ˈʁaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“Drittes Reich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung für das nationalsozialistische Deutschland von 1933 bis 1945
Corpus desk
Index DE-drittes-reich · Drittes Reich · German
Drittes Reich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Drittes Reich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɪtəs ˈʁaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drittes Reich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drittes Reich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈdʁɪtəs ˈʁaɪ̯ç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bezeichnung für das nationalsozialistische Deutschland von 1933 bis 1945".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Drittes Reich, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Drittes Reich, spelled D-R-I-T-T-E-S- -R-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung für das nationalsozialistische Deutschland von 1933 bis 1945
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Drittes Reich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für alle, die nach dem Ende des Faschismus aufwuchsen, wurden die US-Vorbilder entschieden wichtiger als die abgewrackten und ungeliebten Überbleibsel des Dritten Reiches.“
„Und so arbeitete ich mich in die Geschichte des Dritten Reiches ein.“
This word in other languages
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.