Drittes Reich
[ˈdʁɪtəs ˈʁaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“Drittes Reich” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bezeichnung für das nationalsozialistische Deutschland von 1933 bis 1945
| 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) |
Where “Drittes Reich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Drittes Reich is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʁɪtəs ˈʁaɪ̯ç]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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.
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Using “Drittes Reich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-R-I-T-T-E-S- -R-E-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdʁɪtəs ˈʁaɪ̯ç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.