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Reich (/ ˈ r aɪ k / RYKE, [1] German: ⓘ) is a German word whose meaning is analogous to the English word "realm" – not to be confused with the German adjective reich which means 'rich'. The terms Kaiserreich (German: [ˈkaɪzɐʁaɪç] ⓘ; lit. ' realm of an emperor ') and Königreich (German: [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç] ⓘ; lit.
In referring to the entire period between 1871 and 1945, the partially translated English phrase "German Reich" (/-ˈ r aɪ k /) is applied by historians in formal contexts; [3] although in common English usage this state was and is known simply as Germany, the English term "German Empire" is reserved to denote the German state between 1871 and 1918.
The English language has incorporated various loanwords, terms, phrases, or quotations from the German language. A loanword is a word borrowed from a donor language and incorporated into a recipient language without translation. It is distinguished from a calque, or loan translation, where a meaning or idiom from another language is translated ...
As an adjective, this short form is used more often in the English language than in German, in which the acronyms NS and NSDAP for the ideology and the party, respectively, were and remain the preferred form. Nazism – National Socialism; the ideology of the NSDAP (generally considered to be a variant of Fascism with racist and antisemitic ...
A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
The english word "realm" has no other translation in German other than reich, and reich is used like realm, to describe a variety of types of nations, i.e. a konigreich, means a kingdom not a King's Empire, while King's Realm is more possible. Opponents to using the word "realm" note the fact that reich is used to describe many empires.
The post of the video had been deleted from Truth Social on Tuesday morning. "Reich," meaning realm, kingdom or empire, is often considered to be a reference to Hitler's Third Reich regime that ...
The english word "realm" has no other translation in German other than reich, and reich is used like realm, to describe a variety of types of nations, i.e. a konigreich, means a kingdom not a King's Empire, while King's Realm is more possible. Opponents to using the word "realm" note the fact that reich is used to describe many empires.