rike

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English rike, see below; cognate with German Reich, Swedish rike (“kingdom, realm, land, empire, country”).

Noun

rike (plural rikes)

1. (historical) sovereignty, dominion, authority
   • 1820, Arthur Taylor, The Glory of Regality^[1], edition Digitized, Coronations, published 2007, page 5:

     king-rike was in use amongst us so late as the reign of Elizabeth.

2. (historical) The territory over which authority extends, a kingdom, an earldom, a diocese, district, city, and so forth.
   • 1823, Alexander Murray, David Scot editor, History of the European Languages^[2], edition Digitized, A. Constable & Co., published 2007, page 480:

     RAUMARICAE and RAUGNARICH are the people of the kingdom (RIKE) of RAUMAR and RAUGNAR.

   • 1857, Edward VI (King of England), John Gough Nichols editor, Literary Remains of King Edward the Sixth^[3], edition Digitized, published 2009, page 464:

     The bishop (Tunstal) of Durham was deprived of his bishop-rike.

Etymology 2

From the Eye dialect spelling of like. as a result of the difficulty of pronouncing the letter 'L' in many oriental languages.

Verb

rike (third-person singular simple present rikes, present participle riking, simple past and past participle riked)

1. (Oriental) Eye dialect spelling of like.

Anagrams

• Erik
• Keri

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Finnish

(index ri)

Etymology

Derived from the verb rikkoa (“to break”) +‎ -ke.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧ke
• IPA: [ˈrike(ʔ)]

Noun

rike

1. (law) minor offence/offense, misdemeanor, infraction

Declension

Declension of rike (type hame) singular plural nominative rike rikkeet genitive rikkeen rikkeiden rikkeitten partitive rikettä rikkeitä accusative rike rikkeen rikkeet inessive rikkeessä rikkeissä elative rikkeestä rikkeistä illative rikkeeseen rikkeisiin rikkeihin adessive rikkeellä rikkeillä ablative rikkeeltä rikkeiltä allative rikkeelle rikkeille essive rikkeenä rikkeinä translative rikkeeksi rikkeiksi instructive – rikkein abessive rikkeettä rikkeittä comitative – rikkeineen

Related terms

• rikos

Compounds

• rikesakko

Anagrams

• keri
• reki

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Middle English

Etymology

Old English rīce (“rule, reign, power, might, authority, empire, kingdom, nation, diocese, reign", also "strong, powerful”).

Noun

rike (plural rikes)

1. sovereignty, dominion, authority
2. kingdom, earldom

   For al þis rike A ded knyght wald I noght strike. — Seven Sages, a1425

Related terms

• riken

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją. Cognate to German Reich or Dutch rijk

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈriːˌkɛ/

Adjective

rike

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of rik.

Noun

rike n

1. a realm, kingdom, empire, nation

   De båda rikena skola hafwa twå gemensamma huvudmynt.

   The two kingdoms shall have two common main currencies. (Sweden and Norway, two realms united under one king, 1814-1905)

2. a kingdom (animal, plant) of biological classification

Declension

Declension of rike

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rike	riket	riken	rikena
genitive	rikes	rikets	rikens	rikenas

Usage notes

• (definite form "riket" to mean Sweden) Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden.

Compounds

djurriket Frankrike Kräftriket kungarike mineralriket Österrike

riksåklagare riksangelägenhet riksäpple riksdag riksgräns rikslarm

rikslikare riksomfattande riksrätt rikssvenska Sverige - originally Svea rike växtriket