Tausendjähriges Reich

German

Alternative forms

  • tausendjähriges Reich, 1000-jähriges Reich

Etymology

Literally, thousand-year empire.

Proper noun

Tausendjähriges Reich n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite nominative das Tausendjährige Reich, definite genitive des Tausendjährigen Reichs or des Tausendjährigen Reiches)

  1. (Christianity) the kingdom to be established by Jesus Christ after his second coming
  2. (Nazism) the Third Reich seen as the fulfilment of German national history and therefore expected to last for centuries

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