Reich

¹ American  

[rahyk, rahykh] / raɪk, raɪx /

noun

1. (with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.

2. the German state, especially during the Nazi period.

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Reich ² American  

[rahykh] / raɪx /

noun

1. Stephen Michael Steve, born 1936, U.S. composer.

2. Wilhelm 1897–1957, Austrian psychoanalyst in the U.S.

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Reich ¹ British  

/ raɪk, raiç /

noun

1. the Holy Roman Empire ( First Reich )

2. the Hohenzollern empire from 1871 to 1919 ( Second Reich )

3. the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933

4. the Nazi dictatorship from 1933 to 1945 ( Third Reich )

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Reich ² British  

/ raiç, raɪk /

noun

1. Steve . born 1936, US composer, whose works are characterized by the repetition and modification of small rhythmic motifs. His works include Drumming (1971), The Desert Music (1984), and City Life (1995)

2. Wilhelm (ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1897–1957, Austrian psychologist, lived in the US. An ardent socialist and advocate of sexual freedom, he proclaimed a cosmic unity of all energy and built a machine (the orgone accumulator) to concentrate this energy on human beings. His books include The Function of the Orgasm (1927)

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Etymology

Origin of Reich

1920–25; < German: kingdom

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Example Sentences

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Reich

Leo Reich stars in and created this six-part series on Paramount+ about three best friends in London, caught in a very modern mix of personal and romantic problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

RBC analyst Logan Reich, in a note on Thursday, said the rationale behind a combined Starbucks-Chipotle “isn’t apparent to us given limited overlap between the businesses.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Sequences of the film borrow heavily from director Leni Reifenstahl, the German filmmaker who helped craft some of the most enduring images of the Third Reich.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

It was the year Glass wrote “Einstein on the Beach” and Steve Reich created “Music for 18 Musicians” — the composers’ first masterpieces — demonstrating that Minimalism mattered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

But stripped of the luxury of snobbery, the two became thick as the thieves they now were, at least according to the Third Reich.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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