Götterdämmerung
English
Etymology
From German Götterdämmerung (“twilight of the gods”), especially as the title of an opera by Wagner; by erroneously translating Old Norse ragnarǫk (“fate of the gods”), misconstrued as ragnarøkkr (“twilight of the gods”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Götterdämmerung (uncountable)
- (Germanic mythology) The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; the apocalypse.
- Any cataclysmic downfall or momentous, apocalyptic event, especially of a regime or an institution.
- 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.
- 2010, PuppetGov, We Stand on the Cusp of one of Humanity’s Most Dangerous Moments:
- We will not, especially in the United States, avoid our Götterdämmerung.
- 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home, Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 153:
Further reading
Götterdämmerung on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
Etymology
From Götter, plural of Gott (“god”) + Dämmerung (“haziness, nebulousness, dusk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Götterdämmerung f (genitive Götterdämmerung, plural Götterdämmerungen)
- twilight of the gods, Götterdämmerung
Declension
See also
Further reading
- “Götterdämmerung” in Duden online
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