Götterdämmerung love

Götterdämmerung

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (German mythology) A myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil.
  • noun An opera by Richard Wagner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Germanic mythology The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; the apocalypse.
  • noun Any cataclysmic downfall or momentous, apocalyptic event, especially of a regime or an institution.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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").

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Götterdämmerung.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.