Also means
dawn
Usage Note
Dämmerung can refer to either dawn (Morgendämmerung) or dusk (Abenddämmerung) depending on context; used alone it most often means the evening twilight. It has a poetic quality and appears frequently in literary German.
Examples
"Bei einbrechender Dämmerung kehrten die Wanderer zurück."
Natural Translation
At the onset of dusk the hikers returned.
Literal Translation
At breaking-in dusk returned the hikers.
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