rike

R1I1K5E1
/ɹaɪk/

proper noun

A surname from Norwegian.

OriginOld Norse ríki ← German Reich →
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Meanings

rike1

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

present singular third person rikes · participle present riking · participle past riked · past riked

  1. pronunciation spellingFar EastPronunciation spelling of like.

Rike2

proper nounRike (plural Rikes)

plural Rikes

  1. A surname from Norwegian.

Origin

rike · verb

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

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Rike · proper noun

  1. GermanReich
  2. Old Norseríki“power, rule, realm”
  3. EnglishRike

From the Norwegian surname, from Old Norse ríki (“power, rule, realm”). Also an Americanized variant of German Reich.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rike

likemikestrikeunlikealikemicspikehikedislikeIkepsychpsychepiquediketrikeshrikevandykerestrikesliketykefikesykevikesike
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Anagrams

ErikkerikeirkierRiek
Cite this entry
APA

rike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rike

MLA

“rike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rike.

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