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Götterdämmerung

Syllabification: (Göt·ter·däm·mer·ung)
Definition of Götterdämmerung
  • (in Germanic mythology) the downfall of the gods.

Origin:

German, literally 'twilight of the gods', popularized by Wagner's use of the word as the title of the last opera of the Ring cycle

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