dirndl

dirndl

See also: Dirndl

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dirndl, from Dirne, which originally referred to a young woman or a girl in the Bavarian dialect.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪəndəɫ]

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Noun

A woman dressed in a dirndl

dirndl (plural dirndls)

1. A traditional Alpine women's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 1, in Crime out of Mind‎:

     On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. She is wearing Tyrolese costume: the low-cut white bodice with cross-laced velvet waistcoat, the floral apron and dirndl skirt.

Translations

traditional Alpine women's dress

German: Dirndl (de) n Hungarian: dirndli Italian: dirndl m, abito tradizionale tirolese m Japanese: ダーンドル (dāndoru) Portuguese: dirndl m