Fourth Reich

English

Alternative forms

• 4th Reich

Etymology

fourth + Reich

Proper noun

the Fourth Reich

1. Hypothetical resurrection of Nazi Germany (Third Reich).
   • 2005, “Special Delivery”, in MC Frontalot (music), Nerdcore Rising‎^[1]:

     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?

   • 2009, Monte Cook, “Everything's Better with Nazis”, in The Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracies‎^[2], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     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.

2. (historical) Nickname for Washington Heights, Manhattan, after the German immigrants there.
   • 1937, Report of the New York Public Library for 1937, page 92:

     " […] This ‘Fourth Reich’ section of the City has no decrease in the number of Central European refugees."

Coordinate terms

• First Reich
• Second Reich
• Third Reich

Translations

Hypothetical resurrection of the Third Reich

• Arabic: الرَّايْخ الرَابِع m (ar-rayḵ ar-rābiʕ)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: Dördüncü Reyx
• Belarusian: Чацвёрты рэйх m (Čacvjórty rejx)
• Bulgarian: Четвъ́рти райх m (Četvǎ́rti rajh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第四帝國 / 第四帝国

• Czech: čtvrtý říše f
• Danish: Fjerde Rige n
• Dutch: Vierde Rijk n
• Estonian: Neljas Reich
• Finnish: Neljäs valtakunta
• French: Quatrième Reich m
• Georgian: მეოთხე რაიხი (meotxe raixi)
• German: Viertes Reich (de) n
• Greek: Τέταρτο Ράιχ n (Tétarto Ráich)
• Hebrew: הרייך הרביעי m
• Hungarian: Negyedik Birodalom
• Italian: quarto Reich m
• Japanese: 第四帝国 (Daiyon teikoku), ドイツ第四帝国 (Doitsu daiyon teikoku), ナチス第四帝国 (Nachisu daiyon teikoku)
• Korean: 제사제국(第四帝國) (jesajeguk), 제4제국(第四帝國) (je4jeguk)
• Latvian: Ceturtais reihs m
• Lithuanian: Ketvirtasis Reichas m
• Macedonian: Четврт Рајх m (Četvrt Rajh)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Det fjerde riket n

  Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Czwarta Rzesza f, IV Rzesza f
• Portuguese: Quarto Reich m
• Romanian: Al Patrulea Reich n
• Russian: Четвёртый рейх m (Četvjórtyj rejx)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Чѐтвр̄тӣ рајх m

  Roman: Čètvr̄tī rajh m, Čètvr̄tī Reich m

• Slovak: štvrtá ríša f
• Slovene: Četrti Rajh m
• Spanish: cuarto Reich m
• Swedish: Fjärde riket n
• Ukrainian: Четве́ртий рейх m (Četvértyj rejx)
• Yiddish: פֿערטע רײַך n (ferte raykh)