English Explanatory Dictionary

Götterdämmerung

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; the apocalypse.
  2. Any cataclysmic downfall or momentous, apocalyptic event, especially of a regime or an institution.

Pronunciation

/ˌɡɒtəˈdæməɹʊŋ/ /ˌɡɑtɚˈdæmɚ.ʊŋ/ [ˌɡɑɾɚˈdɛə̯mɚ.ʊŋ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Götterdämmerung.wav

Word forms

Götterdämmerung Götterdämmerungs

Etymology

Borrowed from German Götterdämmerung (“twilight of the gods”), which see.

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