Ragnarok

Ragnarok

See also: ragnarok, ragnarök, Ragnarök, and ragnarǫk

English

WOTD – 31 October 2008

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse ragnarǫk (modern Icelandic ragnarök), from regin (“gods”) + rǫk (“fate, judgment”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæɡ.nəˌɹɒk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæɡ.nəˌɹɔk/

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• Hyphenation: Rag‧na‧rok

Proper noun

Ragnarok

1. (Norse mythology) A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished.

Synonyms

• (final battle): apocalypse, armageddon, doomsday, Götterdämmerung, judgement day, Twilight of the Gods

Translations

the final battle in Norse mythology

Chinese: 諸神的黃昏 Danish: ragnarok Dutch: ragnarok Estonian: ragnarök Faroese: ragnarøk Finnish: ragnarök French: Ragnarök (fr) m Georgian: რაგნაროკი (ragnaroḳi) German: Ragnarök Hungarian: Ragnarök Icelandic: Ragnarök Japanese: ラグナロク (Ragunaroku) Korean: 라그나로크 (Rageunarokeu) Kyrgyz: Рагнарөк (Ragnarök) Norwegian: ragnarok n Portuguese: Ragnarok m Russian: Рагнарёк (Ragnarjók), Судьба богов (Sudʹba bogov) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Рагнарек m, Рагнарок m Roman: Ragnarek m, Ragnarok m Spanish: ragnarok m Swedish: Ragnarök Ukrainian: Ра́гнарок m (Ráhnarok), Ра́ґнарок m (Rágnarok), Ра́гнаре́к m (Ráhnarék)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Ragnarok m

1. (Norse mythology) Ragnarok (end of the world in Norse mythology)