Reich
pronunciation
How to pronounce Reich in British English:
UK [raik]
How to pronounce Reich in American English:
US [raɪk, raɪū]
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- Noun:
- the German state
- Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957)
- United States composer (born in 1936)
Word Origin
- Reich (n.)
- German, "kingdom, realm, state," from Old High German rihhi, related to Old English rice, from Proto-Germanic *rikja "rule" (cognates: Old Norse riki, Danish rige, Old Frisian and Middle Dutch rike, Dutch rijk, Gothic reiki), from PIE *reg- (1) "move in a straight line," hence, "direct in a straight line, rule, guide" (see regal). Don Ringe, "From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic" [Oxford 2006] identifies it as a Celtic loan-word in Germanic rather than a direct evolution from PIE, based on the vowel. Used in English from 1871-1945 to refer to "the German state, Germany." Most notoriously in Third Reich (see third); there never was a First or Second in English usage.
Example
- 1. His heart had always been for a german reich .
- 2. The reich , then , ought to comprise all germans .
- 3. During world war ii the third reich used fts to create liquid fuel out of germany 's coal reserves .
- 4. Bill perry , john deutch , mickey kantor , bob reich , hazel oleary , laura tyson , and henry cisneros were all leaving .
- 5. " What it means is that there was gene exchange between relatives of this denisovan and the ancestors of new guineans , " says reich .