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Götterdämmerung

UK/ˌɡɒtəˈdæməɹʊŋ//ˌɡɑtɚˈdæmɚ.ʊŋ/

Götterdämmerung noun: the myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; Ragnarök.

Noun

Götterdämmerung (plural Götterdämmerungs)

  1. (Norse) The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; Ragnarök.
  2. (broadly) Any cataclysmic downfall or momentous, apocalyptic event, especially of a regime or an institution.
    • To me a nasturtium by the river brink is more than a simple flower. It is a broader, grander, more magnificent, more stupendous symbol. It may mean anything, everything—such as sunsets and conflagrations and Götterdämmerungs!1915, Robert W. Chambers, “Un Peu d'Amour”, in Police!!!
    • After so much music, love, and flowers, she felt benumbed, thunder-struck by this psychedelic Götterdämmerung.2004, Martin Torgoff, “Everybody Must Get Stoned”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 153

Examples of Götterdämmerung in a sentence

  • If mishandled by the world policy establishment, this debacle is big enough to shatter the fragile banking systems of Western Europe and set off round two of our financial Götterdämmerung.2009 February 14, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, “Failure to save East Europe will lead to worldwide meltdown”, in The Telegraph:
  • We are in the Götterdämmerung now, the final phase of the Trump era.2020 June 2, Thomas Wright, “We’ve Now Entered the Final Phase of the Trump Era”, in The Atlantic:

Forms of Götterdämmerung

pluralGötterdämmerungs

Origin of Götterdämmerung

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

Questions about Götterdämmerung

What does Götterdämmerung mean?
Götterdämmerung means the myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; Ragnarök.
How do you use Götterdämmerung in a sentence?
If mishandled by the world policy establishment, this debacle is big enough to shatter the fragile banking systems of Western Europe and set off round two of our financial Götterdämmerung.
What part of speech is Götterdämmerung?
Götterdämmerung is a noun.
How do you pronounce Götterdämmerung?
Götterdämmerung is pronounced /ˌɡɒtəˈdæməɹʊŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of Götterdämmerung?
The plural of Götterdämmerung is Götterdämmerungs.

Words near Götterdämmerung in the dictionary

  1. Gömöri stain
  2. Gömöri stains
  3. Görlitz
  4. Göschenen
  5. Götaland
  6. Götterdämmerung
  7. Götterdämmerungs
  8. Göttingen
  9. götzenite
  10. Göygöl
  11. Gøta

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