ˌgə(r)]d.ə(r)ˈdamərəŋ, ˌgə̄], ˌge], ˌgä], ]tə-, -dem-, -məˌru̇ŋ noun
( plural götterdämmerun·gen -ˌru̇ŋən\)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: German, twilight of the gods, from götter (plural of gott god) + dämmerung twilight
: the stage or process of collapse and dissolution (as of a political or social order) typically attended by catastrophic violence and disorder
two grandiose … novels describing the Götterdämmerung of the Nazi armies in Russia — New Yorker