/got'euhr dam"euh roong', -rung'/ ; Ger. /guet'euhrdd dem"euh rddoong'/ , n.
1. German Myth. the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with evil powers: erroneous modern translation of the Old Icelandic Ragnarok, meaning "fate of the gods," misunderstood as Ragnarökkr, meaning "twilight of the gods."
2. ( italics. ) the final opera of Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung.
[ 1875-80; Götter, pl. of Gott GOD + Dämmerung twilight ]