The "ei" is pronounced like the English word "eye".
The "ch" is a sound that doesn't really exist in English, though you may have encountered it in Scottish words like "loch". It sounds somewhere inbetween a "ch" and "sh", only it's formed at the back of the throat.
Also, like in French, the "r" sound is also more guttural.
rich = Reich
The Third Reich
The German word "Reich" translates to "empire" or "realm" in English.
Third Reich Hitler wanted to call the new German Reich.
Third Reich; Greater German Reich; Großdeutsches Reich
"Reich" is the German equivalent of the English word "Empire"
the German state
Deutsches Reich = German Empire
Reich
Reich
Nazi Germany and the Third Reich were Hitlers German empire names.Nazi Germany and the Third Reich were Hitlers German empire names
The name Third Reich refers to the state that succeeded the Holy Roman Empire of the Middle Ages and the German Empire of 1871-1918. In German, the state was known as the Deutsches Reich(German Reich) until 1943, when its official name became Großdeutsches Reich (Greater German Reich).Although empire is a very close translation of the word Reich, the two words are not perfect synonyms. An empire implies the existence of a monarchy, while a Reich does not have a monarchy. Since the words Reich and empire have slightly different definitions, historians decided to use the German word, rather than the imperfect English translation.