English
Etymology
Partial calque of German Drittes Reich (literally “third empire, third realm”). The first Reich in this reckoning is the Holy Roman Empire and the second is the German Empire. The Weimar Republic, although officially called Deutsches Reich as well, was rejected by the National Socialists and therefore not counted.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Third Reich
- (historical) Synonym of Nazi Germany.
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Coordinate terms
Translations
Germany under the Nazi regime
- Arabic: الرَّايْخ الثَّالِث m (ar-rāyḵ aṯ-ṯāliṯ)
- Azerbaijani: Üçüncü Reyx
- Belarusian: Трэ́ці рэйх m (Tréci rejx)
- Bulgarian: Тре́ти райх m (Tréti rajh)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 第三帝國 / 第三帝国 (zh) (Dì-sān Dìguó), 德三 (Désān) (slang)
- Czech: třetí říše f
- Danish: Tredje Rige n
- Dutch: Derde Rijk (nl) n, Dritte Reich n
- 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 (ha-ráikh ha-shlishí)
- Hindi: तीसरा राइख़ m (tīsrā rāix)
- Hungarian: Harmadik Birodalom
- Icelandic: Þriðja ríkið n
- Irish: an Tríú Reich
- Italian: terzo Reich m
- Japanese: 第三帝国 (だいさんていこく, daisan teikoku)
- Kazakh: Үшінші рейх (Üşınşı reix)
- Korean: 제삼제국(第三帝國) (ko) (jesamjeguk), 제3제국(第三帝國) (je3jeguk)
- Kyrgyz: Үчүнчү рейх (Ücüncü reyh)
- Latin: Tertium Imperium n, Imperium Germanicum n
- Latvian: Trešais reihs m
- Lithuanian: Trečiasis Reichas m
- Macedonian: Трет Рајх m (Tret Rajh)
- Marathi: तिसरे राइख n (tisre rāikh)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Det tredje riket n
- Persian: رایشِ سِوُّم (râyš-e sevvom)
- Polish: Trzecia Rzesza (pl) f
- Portuguese: Terceiro Reich m
- Romanian: Al Treilea Reich n
- Russian: Тре́тий рейх (ru) m (Trétij rejx) (various capitalisation is used)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Трећи рајх m
- Latin: Treći rajh m, Treći Reich m
- Slovak: tretia ríša f
- Slovene: Tretji rajh m
- Spanish: tercer Reich m
- Swedish: Tredje riket n
- Tajik: Рейхи сеюм (Reyx-i seyum)
- Ukrainian: Тре́тій рейх m (Trétij rejx)
- Urdu: تیسرا ریخ m (tīsrā raix)
- Uzbek: Uchinchi reyx
- Vietnamese: Đức Quốc Xã, đế chế thứ ba
- Yiddish: דריטע רײַך n (drite raykh)
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