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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of wereld (“world”) + rijk (“empire”), possibly as a calque of German Weltreich.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋeː.rəltˌrɛi̯k/
- Hyphenation: we‧reld‧rijk
Noun
wereldrijk m (plural wereldrijken, diminutive wereldrijkje n)
- (literally) a global empire, that rules much of the (known) world
- Alexander de Grote, Genghis Khan noch Napoleon kon een wereldrijk vestigen
- Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan nor Napoleon managed actually to establish a world empire
- a colonial empire which comprises at least part of every (known) continent
- Het Britse wereldrijk was beter bestuurd dan het Habsburgse.
- The British global empire was better administrated then the Habsburg empire
- (figuratively) a 'world class' great power, which can rival any coexistent empire