(rīkh)
Germany or its government.
—First Reich
The Holy Roman Empire from its establishment in the ninth century to its collapse in 1806.
—Second Reich
The German Empire, 1871–1919, or the Weimar Republic, 1919–1933, or both German governments in the period 1871–1933.
—Third Reich
The Nazi state under Adolf Hitler, 1933–45. [<G, realm]

(rīkh), Wilhelm,
1897–1957, U. S. psychotherapist and natural scientist, born in Germany.