Third Reich

American  

noun

1. Germany during the Nazi regime 1933–45.

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Third Reich British  

noun

1. See Reich 1

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Third Reich Cultural  

1. The name given by the Nazis to their government in Germany; Reich is German for “empire.” Adolf Hitler, their leader, believed that he was creating a third German empire, a successor to the Holy Roman Empire and the German empire formed by Chancellor Bismarck in the nineteenth century.

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Example Sentences

However, 80 years after the fall of the Third Reich, not all looted assets have been returned to the victims' descendants.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

In the final days of the Third Reich, the Nazis were more frantic than ever in their pursuit of their opponents, real or imagined, and were relentless in their efforts to squeeze out more denunciations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Trapped by the outbreak of war, Pabst agrees reluctantly to make movies — well-funded and ostensibly nonpolitical — for the Third Reich.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

He has shown no enthusiasm for meeting the foreign correspondents, who have a perverse liking for enlightening visitors on the Third Reich, as they see it, and we have not pressed for an interview.”

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024

I ate my corned-beef hash, then made down my bed and dug out Shirer’s Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck