Götterdämmerung
English
Etymology
From German Götterdämmerung (“twilight of the gods”), which see below.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɒtəˈdæməɹʊŋ/ (or as German, below)
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
18th century, from Götter (“gods”) + Dämmerung (“twilight”), a calque of Old Norse ragnarøkkr, an attested reinterpretation of ragnarǫk (literally “fate of the gods”). Popularised by Wagner's opera of 1853.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡœtərˌdɛmərʊŋ/, [ˈɡœ.tɐˌdɛ.mə.ʁʊŋ]
Audio (file)
Noun
Götterdämmerung f (genitive Götterdämmerung, plural Götterdämmerungen)
- (Germanic, chiefly Norse mythology, also figuratively) downfall of the gods, Götterdämmerung, Ragnarok
Declension
Declension of Götterdämmerung [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Götterdämmerung | die | Götterdämmerungen |
genitive | einer | der | Götterdämmerung | der | Götterdämmerungen |
dative | einer | der | Götterdämmerung | den | Götterdämmerungen |
accusative | eine | die | Götterdämmerung | die | Götterdämmerungen |
See also
- Götzendämmerung
Further reading
- “Götterdämmerung” in Duden online
- “Götterdämmerung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Götterdämmerung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de