1. Second Reich - Noun
2. Second Reich - Proper noun
the Reich when Hohenzollern monarchs ruled Germany (from 1871 to 1919)
Source: WordNetBismarck and the Creation of the Second Reich (2008) * Dawson, William Harbutt. Source: Internet
In recent times, the Regnum Teutonicorum has been referred to as the "First Reich," with Otto von Bismarck's Prussian-built empire called the "Second Reich" and Adolf Hitler's regime called the "Third Reich". Source: Internet
To use the terms "First Reich" and "Second Reich", as some commentators did in the post-war years, is generally frowned upon as accepting Nazi historiography. Source: Internet