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Götterdämmerung
[ got-er-dam-uh-roong, -ruhng; German gœt-uhr-dem-uh-roong ]
noun
- 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.”
- (italics) See The Ring of the Nibelung.
Götterdämmerung
/ ɡœtərˈdɛmərʊŋ; ˌɡɒtəˈdɛməˌrʊŋ /
noun
- German myth the twilight of the gods; their ultimate destruction in a battle with the forces of evil Norse equivalentRagnarök
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Götterdämmerung1
1875–80; < German, equivalent to Götter, plural of Gott God + Dämmerung twilight
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