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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Götterdämmerung¹

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

Example Sentences

Pierre Audi, general director of the Aix-en-Provence Festival and artistic director of New York’s Park Avenue Armory, will take over with a new production team for “Siegfried” opening Sept. 11 and “Götterdämmerung” starting Feb. 4.

From Seattle Times

The house has placed itself at the center of operatic conversation with productions like a drive-through “Götterdämmerung” and a virtual-reality “Walküre.”

From New York Times

The opening of Benaroya Hall in 1998 also had included selections from Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung.”

From Seattle Times

It is not every day that you see four harps lined up onstage during a symphony concert, and this happy development was the setup for a suite created by Sir Jeffrey Tate from the “Götterdämmerung” finale.

From Seattle Times

The singer withdrew this summer from the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, where he was scheduled to perform the title roles in “Tannhäuser” and “Tristan und Isolde” and Siegfried in “Götterdämmerung.”

From Washington Times