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.

Origin of Götterdämmerung

1
1875–80; <German, equivalent to Götter, plural of GottGod + Dämmerung twilight

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British Dictionary definitions for Götterdämmerung

Götterdämmerung

/ (ˌɡɒtəˈdɛməˌrʊŋ, German ɡœtərˈdɛmərʊŋ) /


noun
  1. German myth the twilight of the gods; their ultimate destruction in a battle with the forces of evil: Norse equivalent: Ragnarök

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