Third Reich

English

Etymology

Partial calque of German Drittes Reich (literally “third empire, third realm”).

Proper noun

Third Reich

1. (historical) Germany under the Nazi regime, beginning in January 1933 and ending in May 1945.

Usage notes

• Reich in German does not have all of the same connotations as empire does in English. Notably, it does not imply the existence of a monarchy.

Related terms

• First Reich
• Second Reich
• Fourth Reich

Translations

Germany under the Nazi regime

• Arabic: اَلرَّايْخ اَلثَّالِث m (ar-rayḵ aṯ-ṯāliṯ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第三帝國／第三帝国 (Dì-sān Dìguó), 第三帝国 (dìsān dìguó)

• Czech: Třetí říše f
• Danish: Tredje Rige n
• Dutch: Derde Rijk (nl), Dritte Reich
• Estonian: Kolmas Riik, Kolmas Reich
• Finnish: Kolmas valtakunta
• French: Troisième Reich (fr) m
• Georgian: მესამე რაიხი (mesame raixi)
• German: Drittes Reich (de) n
• Greek: Τρίτο Ράιχ n (Tríto Ráich)
• Hebrew: הרייך השלישי m (haráikh hashlishí)
• Hungarian: Harmadik Birodalom
• Icelandic: Þriðja ríkið n
• Irish: an Tríú Reich
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: terzo Reich m
• Japanese: 第三帝国 (だいさんていこく, daisan teikoku)
• Korean: 제3제국 (je 3 jeguk)
• Latin: Tertium Imperium n, Imperium Germanicum n
• Latvian: Trešais reihs m
• Lithuanian: Trečiasis Reichas m
• Norwegian: Det tredje riket n
• Polish: Trzecia Rzesza (pl) f, III Rzesza (pl) f
• Portuguese: Terceiro Reich m
• Russian: Тре́тий рейх (ru) m (Trétij rejx)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Трећи рајх m

  Roman:

• Slovak: Tretia ríša f
• Spanish: tercer Reich m
• Swedish: Tredje riket n
• Vietnamese: Đức Quốc Xã

Further reading

• Third Reich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia