Ragnarok

American  

[rahg-nuh-rok] / ˈrɑg nəˌrɒk /

Also Ragnarök

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with the evil powers.

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Ragnarök British  

/ ˈrɑːɡnəˌrɒk /

noun

1. German equivalent: Götterdämmerung.  Norse myth the ultimate destruction of the gods in a cataclysmic battle with evil, out of which a new order will arise

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Etymology

Origin of Ragnarok

1760–70; from Old Norse Ragnarǫk, equivalent to ragna, genitive of regin “gods” + rǫk “fate,” misread by some as Ragnarökkr literally, “twilight of the gods”; cf. Götterdämmerung ( def. )

Example Sentences

In 2023, God of War Ragnarok was up for 14 awards - although it lost out on best game to independent game Vampire Survivors.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Matsson, if he believed in those old Norse myths, may have viewed Logan on par with Fenrir, the wolf who kills Odin in Ragnarok.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

God of War: Ragnarok, which sees players battle with Norse gods, is in the running to win 14 of the famous golden masks.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

Stephanie Economou was the first winner for best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media for her work on the game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023

In the final opera of the four, The Twilight of the Gods, Wagner made mayhem with the Icelandic concept of Ragnarok - the destruction of the gods as preordained by fate.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall