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gotterdammerung

Göt·ter·däm·mer·ung
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [got-er-dam-uh-roo ng, -ruhng; German gœt-uh r-dem-uh-roo ng]
    • /ˌgɒt ərˈdæm əˌrʊŋ, -ˌrʌŋ; German ˌgœt ərˈdɛm əˌrʊŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [got-er-dam-uh-roo ng, -ruhng; German gœt-uh r-dem-uh-roo ng]
    • /ˌgɒt ərˈdæm əˌrʊŋ, -ˌrʌŋ; German ˌgœt ərˈdɛm əˌrʊŋ/

Definitions of gotterdammerung word

  • noun gotterdammerung 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.”. 1
  • noun gotterdammerung (italics) See The Ring of the Nibelung. 1
  • noun gotterdammerung the twilight of the gods; their ultimate destruction in a battle with the forces of evil 0
  • noun gotterdammerung Ragnarok 0
  • noun gotterdammerung the total, usually violent, collapse of a society, regime, institution, etc. 0
  • noun gotterdammerung (Germanic mythology) The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; the apocalypse. 0
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Origin of gotterdammerung

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
1875-80; < German, equivalent to Götter, plural of Gott God + Dämmerung twilight

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