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reich.

rich, wealthy (having a lot of money and possessions)

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Meaning & usage

adj/ʁaɪ̯ç/
  1. rich, wealthy (having a lot of money and possessions)

    Sie ist sehr reich.
  2. rich (plentiful, abundant)

    Es ist reich an Ballaststoffen.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German rīche, from Old High German rīhhi (“rich, mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of *rīks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs (compare Irish rí). All from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to rule”), from which Latin rēx is derived. See also German Reich. Cognates include Danish rig, Dutch rijk, English rich, Icelandic ríkur Swedish rik and Plautdietsch rikj.

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