rike

• Rhymes: -aɪk

From Middle English rike, From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Cognate with Dutch rijk, German Reich and Swedish rike (“kingdom, realm, land, empire, country”).

rike (plural rikes)

1. (historical) sovereignty, dominion, authority
   • 1820, Arthur Taylor, The Glory of Regality‎ (Coronations), Digitized edition, published 2007, page 5:

     king-rike was in use amongst us so late as the reign of Elizabeth.

2. (historical) The territory over which authority extends, a kingdom, an earldom, a diocese, district, city, and so forth.
   • 1823, Alexander Murray, David Scot, editor, History of the European Languages‎, Digitized edition, A. Constable & Co., published 2007, page 480:

     RAUMARICAE and RAUGNARICH are the people of the kingdom (RIKE) of RAUMAR and RAUGNAR.

   • 1857, Edward VI (King of England), John Gough Nichols, editor, Literary Remains of King Edward the Sixth‎, Digitized edition, published 2009, page 464:

     The bishop (Tunstal) of Durham was deprived of his bishop-rike.

Results from the difficulty of pronouncing the phoneme /l/ for L1 speakers of many Far East languages.

rike (third-person singular simple present rikes, present participle riking, simple past and past participle riked)

1. (Far East) Eye dialect spelling of like.

• Erik, Keir, Keri, Kier, keir, keri, kier

Derived from the verb rikkoa (“to break”) +‎ -e.

• Hyphenation: ri‧ke
• IPA^(key): [ˈrike(ʔ)]

rike

1. (law) minor offence/offense, misdemeanor, infraction
2. (sports) foul

• rikos

• rikesakko

• Erik, keri, reki

From Old Dutch rīki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją.

rike n

1. lordship, dominion
2. realm

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: rijk
• Limburgish: riek

From Old Dutch rīki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz.

rike

1. powerful, mighty
2. important
3. rich

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: rijk
• Limburgish: riek

• “rike (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “rike (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “rike (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “rike (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Cognate with Dutch rijk and German Reich.

rike

1. sovereignty, dominion, authority
2. kingdom, earldom

   For al þis rike A ded knyght wald I noght strike. — Seven Sages, a1425

• riken

rike

1. definite singular of rik
2. plural form of rik

From Old Norse ríki

rike n (definite singular riket, indefinite plural riker, definite plural rika or rikene)

1. an empire
2. a realm
3. a kingdom (see also kongerike)

• “rike” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²riːkə/

rike

1. definite singular of rik
2. plural form of rik

From Old Norse ríki

rike n (definite singular riket, indefinite plural rike, definite plural rika)

1. an empire
2. a realm
3. a kingdom (see also kongerike)

• “rike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Cognate with Dutch rijk and German Reich.

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːˌkɛ/

rike

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of rik.

rike n

1. a realm, kingdom, empire, nation

   De båda rikena skola hafwa twå gemensamma huvudmynt.

   The two kingdoms shall have two common main currencies. (Sweden and Norway, two realms united under one king, 1814-1905)

2. a kingdom (animal, plant) of biological classification

• (definite form "riket" to mean Sweden) Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden.