rike

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

• IPA^(key): /ɹaɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪk

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

1. (Far East) Pronunciation spelling of like.

• Keri, Riek, keri, Erik, Keir, k'rei, Kier, keir, kier

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrikeˣ/, [ˈrik̟e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ike
• Hyphenation^(key): ri‧ke

rike

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

• rikos

• “rike”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• Erik, keri, reki

• rijc

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

rike

1. powerful, mighty
2. important
3. rich

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	rike	rike	rike	rike
	Definite	rike		rike
Accusative	Indefinite	riken	rike	rike	rike
	Definite			rike
Genitive	Indefinite	rikes	riker	rikes	riker
	Definite	rikes, riken		rikes, riken
Dative		riken	riker	riken	riken

• Dutch: rijk
• Limburgish: riek

• “rike (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “rike (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “rike (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “rike (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

rike

1. Alternative form of riche (“rich”)

rike

1. Alternative form of riche (“realm”)

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

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)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rike

1. definite singular of rik
2. plural of rik

• “rike” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²riːçə/, /²riːkə/

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)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rike

1. definite singular of rik
2. plural of rik

• “rike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• krei, reik, reki

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːˌkɛ/

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 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. (taxonomy) 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. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rike

1. definite natural masculine singular of rik

• rike in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rike in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rike in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Erik