reich
German, adjective
reich is spelled R-E-I-C-H (5 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written German, the 1,019th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reich is a German adjective meaning “rich, wealthy (having a lot of money and possessions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a singular imperative of reichen. With a capital, Reich is a different word: “empire or significant State”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “viele Güter oder Geldmittel besitzend”.
What does reich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rich, wealthy (having a lot of money and possessions)
Sie ist sehr reich.
- 2
rich (plentiful, abundant)
Es ist reich an Ballaststoffen.
verb
- 1
singular imperative of reichen
noun
- 1
neuterempire or significant State
- 2
neuterrealm (also e.g. of plants)
suffix
- 1
-rich, -ful, used to form an adjective from a noun with the sense of 'rich in', 'full of'.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Land, Gruppe von Ländern, Ländereien, die von einem Monarchen (König, Kaiser, Zar) oder anderem Herrscher regiert werden 2. bis zum Jahre 1945 Synonym für Deutschland (und seine eroberten Gebiete); kurz für Heiliges Römisches Reich, Deutsches Reich 3. Bereich der geistigen oder materiellen Welt 4. hohe taxonomische Kategorie (Regnum)
adjective: 1. viele Güter oder Geldmittel besitzend 2. eine Fülle von etwas aufweisend 3. hervorragend ausgestattet, prächtig
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of reich
- reicher masculine nominative singular
- am reichsten superlative
- reiche feminine nominative singular
- reiches neuter nominative singular
- reichen genitive masculine singular
- reichem dative masculine singular
- der reiche definite includes-article masculine
- die reiche definite feminine includes-article
- das reiche definite includes-article neuter
- die reichen definite includes-article nominative
- des reichen definite genitive includes-article
- der reichen definite feminine genitive
- dem reichen dative definite includes-article
- Reiche nominative plural
- Reichs genitive singular
- Reiches genitive singular
- Reichen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to reich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reich in German?
reich appears 85 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).