Götterdämmerung
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[edit] Etymology
From German Götterdämmerung, literally ‘twilight of the gods’, especially as the title of an opera by Wagner.
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- IPA: /gɒtəˈdæmərʊŋ/ (or as German, below)
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Götterdämmerung (plural Götterdämmerungs)
- (Germanic mythology) The twilight of the gods; the apocalypse.
- Any cataclysmic downfall or momentous, apocalyptic event.
- 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home, Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 153:
- After so much music, love, and flowers, she felt benumbed, thunder-struck by this psychedelic Götterdämmerung.
- 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home, Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 153:
[edit] German
[edit] Etymology
From Götter, plural of Gott (“‘god’”) + Dämmerung (“‘haziness, nebulousness’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈgœtɐˌdɛməʀʊŋ/
[edit] Noun
Götterdämmerung f.
- twilight of the gods, Götterdämmerung