gotterdammerung

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Definition von gotterdammerung im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

{i} (German) "Twilight of the Gods", ultimate destruction of German gods following a battle with evil (Germanic mythology); collapse of a regime or society by disastrous violence and chaos

myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil

Türkische aussprache

gätırdämırıng

Aussprache

/ˈgätərˌdamərəɴɢ/ /ˈɡɑːtɜrˌdæmɜrəŋ/

Etymologie

[ "g&(r)-t&r-'de-m&- ] (noun.) 1909. From German Götterdämmerung (“twilight of the gods”), especially as the title of an opera by Wagner; by erroneously translating Old Norse ragnarök (“fate of the gods”), misconstrued as ragnarökkr (“twilight of the gods”).