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”; Götterdämmerung ( def. )

Example Sentences

Blanchett has had a long and varied film career, with credits including Carol, Nightmare Alley, Tar, Don't Look Up, Notes on a Scandal, Thor: Ragnarok and Ocean's 8.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

This year it resulted in a surprise win for 2D monster slayer Vampire Survivors over favourite God of War: Ragnarok.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

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

EE game of the year, which was voted for by the public, was also won by Ragnarok.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 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