Götterdämmerung

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Götterdämmerung (“twilight of the gods”), which see. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɡɒtəˈdæməɹʊŋ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌɡɑtɚˈdæmɚ.ʊŋ/, [ˌɡɑɾɚˈdɛə̯mɚ.ʊŋ] === Noun === Götterdämmerung (plural Götterdämmerungs) (Norse mythology) The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; the apocalypse. (by extension) Any cataclysmic downfall or momentous, apocalyptic event, especially of a regime or an institution. === Further reading === Götterdämmerung on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == German == === Etymology === 18th century, from Götter (“gods”) +‎ Dämmerung (“twilight”), a calque of Old Norse ragnarøkkr, an attested reinterpretation of ragnarǫk (literally “fate of the gods”). Popularised as the name of the last part of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle (1876). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡœtərˌdɛmərʊŋ/, [ˈɡœ.tɐˌdɛ.mə.ʁʊŋ] === Noun === Götterdämmerung f (genitive Götterdämmerung, plural Götterdämmerungen) (Norse mythology or figuratively) downfall of the gods, Götterdämmerung, Ragnarok ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== Götzendämmerung Ragnarök === Further reading === “Götterdämmerung” in Duden online “Götterdämmerung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Götterdämmerung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de