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

/ ˌɡɒtəˈdɛməˌrʊŋ; ɡœtərˈdɛmərʊŋ /

noun

1. German myth the twilight of the gods; their ultimate destruction in a battle with the forces of evil Norse equivalentRagnarök

Word History and Origins

Origin of Götterdämmerung¹

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

Example Sentences

What a stupendous climax Gotterdammerung is to the whole Ring!

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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