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Fourth Reich en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From fourth + Reich.

Meanings

1. A hypothetical resurrection of Nazi Germany (Third Reich).
   • Are you listening, sir? Or did your mind drift / to the next country in your axis, / to all the cool bomb drops you get to call: / delivery fresh from the Fourth Reich to y’all? 2005, “Special Delivery”, in MC Frontalot (music), Nerdcore Rising:
   • From their hideaways in South America, it would have been easy for the Nazis to slink away down to New Swabia and establish the Fourth Reich. 2009, Monte Cook, “Everything's Better with Nazis”, in The Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracies, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
2. (figuratively) A hypothetical resurrection of Nazi Germany (Third Reich). ▸ A government or country seen as similarly totalitarian.
3. (historical) A nickname for Washington Heights, Manhattan, after the German immigrants who reside there.
   • "[…] This ‘Fourth Reich’ section of the City has no decrease in the number of Central European refugees." 1937, Report of the New York Public Library for 1937, page 92:

Forms

Coordinates

Western Imperium · Western Imperium · First Reich · Third Reich · Second Reich

Translations (39)

sv Fjärde riket (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · cmn 第四帝國 /第四帝国 (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · lt Ketvirtasis Reichas (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · es cuarto Reich (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · sh Čètvr̄tī rajh (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · ja ナチス第四帝国 (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · ko 제4제국 (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · et Neljas Reich (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · sh Čètvr̄tī Reich (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · cs čtvrtý říše (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · bg Четвъ́рти райх (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · hu Negyedik Birodalom (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · be Чацвёрты рэйх (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · ja 第四帝国 (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · pl Czwarta Rzesza (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · ro Al Patrulea Reich (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · nb Det fjerde riket (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · pt Quarto Reich (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · nl Vierde Rijk (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · ja ドイツ第四帝国 (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · it quarto Reich (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · az Dördüncü Reyx (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · lv Ceturtais reihs (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · ru Четвёртый рейх (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · mk Четврт Рајх (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · fr Quatrième Reich (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · sl Četrti Rajh (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · he הרייך הרביעי (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · uk Четве́ртий рейх (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · el Τέταρτο Ράιχ (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · da Fjerde Rige (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · yi פֿערטע רײַך (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · de Viertes Reich (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · ko 제사제국 (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · fi Neljäs valtakunta (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · ar الرَّايْخ الرَابِع (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · ka მეოთხე რაიხი (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · sh Чѐтвр̄тӣ рајх (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich) · sk štvrtá ríša (a hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich)