Götterdämmerung
[ˈɡœtɐˌdɛməʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Götterdämmerung” is uncommon German (frequency #57,066 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,066
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Untergang der Götter im Weltenbrand, aus dem eine schönere Welt hervorgeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-gotterdammerung · Götterdämmerung · German
Götterdämmerung · rank #57,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,066
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gönnte
Nearest frequency peer: gönnte (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Götterdämmerung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gurgel
Gurgel
42,938 corpus weight
- Gutschrift
Gutschrift
42,937 corpus weight
- gönnte
gönnte
42,936 corpus weight
- Götterdämme…
Götterdämmerung
42,935 corpus weight
- gütiger
gütiger
42,934 corpus weight
- Haldensleben
Haldensleben
42,931 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Götterdämmerung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Götterdämmerung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡœtɐˌdɛməʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #57,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Götterdämmerung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Götterdämmerung is uncommon German at frequency #57,066 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡœtɐˌdɛməʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Untergang der Götter im Weltenbrand, aus dem eine schönere Welt hervorgeht".
Götterdämmerung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Götterdämmerung, spelled G-Ö-T-T-E-R-D-Ä-M-M-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1der Untergang der Götter im Weltenbrand, aus dem eine schönere Welt hervorgeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Götterdämmerung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Deutsche übersetzt ‚Ragnarök‘ oft als ‚Götterdämmerung‘, was auf eine Fehlinterpretation von Snorri Sturluson zurückgeht: während die ältere Lieder-Edda von Ragnarök, dem ‚Schicksal der Götter‘, singt, schreibt er in seiner Prosabearbeitung stets ragna rökr, ‚Götterdämmerung‘ (vgl. altnordisch røkkr, ‚Dunkelheit‘).“
„Unmerklich war eine Art Götterdämmerung angebrochen.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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