Holy Roman Empire

English

A map of the Holy Roman Empire in 1648, showing its constitutive states.

Etymology

Calque of German Heiliges Römisches Reich and Medieval Latin Sacrum Rōmānum Imperium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊli ˈɹəʊmən ˈɛmpaɪə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊli ˈɹoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/

Proper noun

the Holy Roman Empire (abbreviation HRE)

2. (historical) A former polity and medieval empire forming a loose conglomeration of largely independent mostly Germanic entities in Central Europe from at least 962 C.E. until 1806. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• First Reich
• Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation

Related terms

• Holy Roman Emperor
• Holy Roman Empress

Translations

state

• Arabic: اَلْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّة اَلرُّومَانِيَّة اَلْمُقَدَّسَة f (al-ʔimbarāṭūriyya r-rūmāniyya l-muqaddasa)
• Armenian: Սրբազան Հռոմեական կայսրություն (Srbazan Hṙomeakan kaysrutʻyun)
• Belarusian: Свяшчэ́нная Ры́мская імпе́рыя f (Svjaščénnaja Rýmskaja impjéryja)
• Breton: Impalaeriezh santel roman german f
• Bulgarian: Свеще́на Ри́мска импе́рия f (Svešténa Rímska impérija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神聖羅馬帝國 / 神圣罗马帝国 (zh) (Shénshèng Luómǎ Dìguó)

• Czech: Svatá říše římská (cs) f
• Danish: Tysk-romerske rige n
• Dutch: Heilige Roomse Rijk
• Esperanto: Sankta Romia Imperio
• Finnish: Pyhä saksalais-roomalainen keisarikunta
• French: Saint-Empire romain germanique (fr) m, Saint-Empire romain de la nation germanique m
• Frisian:

  Saterland Frisian: Hillige Roomske Riek

• Galician: Sacro Imperio Romano m
• Georgian: საღვთო რომის იმპერია (saɣvto romis imṗeria), გერმანელი ერის საღვთო რომის იმპერია (germaneli eris saɣvto romis imṗeria)
• German: Heiliges Römisches Reich (de) n, Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation (de) n
• Greek: Αγία Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία (el) f (Agía Romaïkí Aftokratoría)
• Hebrew: האימפריה הרומית הקדושה f (ha'impérya harómit haqdoshá)
• Hindi: पवित्र रोम साम्राज्य (pavitra rom sāmrājya)
• Hungarian: Német-római Birodalom (hu)
• Icelandic: Heilaga rómverska ríkið n
• Indonesian: Kekaisaran Romawi Suci
• Irish: Impireacht Naofa na Róimhe f, An Naomh-Impireacht Rómhánach f
• Italian: Sacro Romano Impero m
• Japanese: 神聖ローマ帝国 (ja) (しんせいローマていこく, Shinsei Rōma Teikoku)
• Korean: 신성 로마 제국 (Sinseong Roma Jeguk)
• Latin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium (la) n
• Lithuanian: Šventoji Romos imperija f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Heilige Roomse Riek der Duutse Noatie

  German Low German: Hillig Röömsch Riek vun Düütsche Natschoon

• Macedonian: Све́то ри́мско ца́рство n (Svéto rímsko cárstvo)
• Marathi: पवित्र रोमन साम्राज्य n (pavitra roman sāmrājya)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Det tysk-romerske rike n

  Nynorsk: Det tysk-romerske riket n

• Persian: امپراتوری مقدس روم (emperâturi-ye moqaddas-e rum)
• Polish: Święte Cesarstwo Rzymskie Narodu Niemieckiego n
• Portuguese: Sacro Império Romano-Germânico
• Russian: Свяще́нная Ри́мская импе́рия (ru) f (Svjaščénnaja Rímskaja impérija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Све̑то Ри̑мско Ца̑рство n

  Latin: Svȇto Rȋmsko Cȃrstvo n

• Slovak: Rímsko-nemecká ríša f
• Slovene: Sveto rimsko cesarstvo n
• Spanish: Sacro Imperio Romano m, Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico (es) m
• Swedish: Tysk-Romerska Riket n
• Thai: จักรวรรดิโรมันอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (jàk-grà-wàt roh-man an-sàk-sìt)
• Turkish: Kutsal Roma İmparatorluğu
• Ukrainian: Свяще́нна Ри́мська імпе́рія f (Svjaščénna Rýmsʹka impérija)
• Urdu: مقدس رومی سلطنت f (muqaddas rōmī saltanat)
• Uzbek: Muqaddas Rim imperiyasi
• Vietnamese: Đế quốc La Mã Thần thánh
• Welsh: Ymerodraeth Lân Rufeinig f