Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

götterdämmerung

/ˌɡɑtɚˈdæmɚ.ʊŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: got-ter-dammerung
IPA: /ˌɡɑtɚˈdæmɚ.ʊŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; Ragnarök.

noun

Any cataclysmic downfall or momentous, apocalyptic event, especially of a regime or an institution.

Example Sentences

"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!"
"After so much music, love, and flowers, she felt benumbed, thunder-struck by this psychedelic Götterdämmerung."
"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."
"We are in the Götterdämmerung now, the final phase of the Trump era."
"Plenty of fence-sitters have withheld their allegiance by booking a double feature, but the impending cineplex Götterdämmerung still speaks to something fundamental about how and why we pit movies against one another."

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɡɑtɚˈdæmɚ.ʊŋ/
British English: /ˌɡɒtəˈdæməɹʊŋ/

Inflected Forms

Götterdämmerungs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce götterdämmerung?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡɑtɚˈdæmɚ.ʊŋ/.
What does götterdämmerung mean?: The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; Ragnarök.
Where does götterdämmerung come from?: Borrowed from German Götterdämmerung (“twilight of the gods”), which see.

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