Altreich

== German == === Etymology === From alt +‎ Reich. === Noun === Altreich n (strong, genitive Altreichs or Altreiches, plural Altreiche) (in various contexts) the older of two realms, empires (or groupings thereof) ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === das Altreich n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Altreichs or des Altreiches) (Nazism, since 1938) those areas of Germany that had been part of the Weimar Republic, thus excluding the annexed territories ==== Usage notes ==== After 1940/41, the term was occasionally broadened to include those areas that had been fully annexed before the war (i.e. Austria and Sudetenland), but the above-given definition still remained official and predominant.