Advertisement

Advertisement

Götterdämmerung

[ got-er-dam-uh-roong, -ruhng; German gœt-uhr-dem-uh-roong ]

noun

  1. German Mythology. the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with evil powers: erroneous modern translation of the Old Icelandic Ragnarǫk, meaning “fate of the gods,” misunderstood as Ragnarökkr, meaning “twilight of the gods.”
  2. (italics) See The Ring of the Nibelung.


Götterdämmerung

/ ɡœtərˈdɛmərʊŋ; ˌɡɒtəˈdɛməˌrʊŋ /

noun

  1. German myth the twilight of the gods; their ultimate destruction in a battle with the forces of evil Norse equivalentRagnarök
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of Götterdämmerung1

1875–80; < German, equivalent to Götter, plural of Gott God + Dämmerung twilight
Discover More

Example Sentences

What a stupendous climax Gotterdammerung is to the whole Ring!

Possibly the "Gotterdammerung," and even Siegfried's "Tod," would pass these people unmarked, like the wind.

The three gentlemen rotated in the pool breast high, after the fashion of the nymphs in Gotterdammerung.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


gottenGottfried von Strassburg