Götterdämmerung

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 German 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From German Götterdämmerung, literally ‘twilight of the gods’, especially as the title of an opera by Wagner.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɒtəˈdæmərʊŋ/ (or as German, below)

[edit] Noun

Götterdämmerung (plural Götterdämmerungs)

1. (Germanic mythology) The twilight of the gods; the apocalypse.
2. 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.

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[edit] German

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[edit] Etymology

From Götter, plural of Gott (“‘god’”) + Dämmerung (“‘haziness, nebulousness’”).

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• IPA: /ˈgœtɐˌdɛməʀʊŋ/

[edit] Noun

Götterdämmerung f.

1. twilight of the gods, Götterdämmerung

[edit] See also

• Götzendämmerung