Reich
/ɹaɪx/noun
Reich is a noun meaning “A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-I-C-H and has one syllable, and it appears 3.1 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Reich mean?
noun
- 1
A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.
- 2
The Third Reich; Nazi Germany.
- 3
derogatoryAny empire, especially one that is imperialist, tyrannical, and/or racist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Reich?
- /ɹaɪx/
- /ɹaɪk/
- /raɪʃ/
Reich has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Reich.wav, En-us-Reich.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is Reich?
Reich appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Reich in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a German empire or nation:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Reich come from?
Borrowed from German Reich (“empire, realm”). Doublet of Raj.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).