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dirndl

Syllables: dirn·dl/ˈdɜːndl̩//ˈdɜɹnd(ə)l/

dirndl noun: a traditional Alpine woman's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt.

dirndl: a traditional Alpine woman's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt
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Noun

dirndl (plural dirndls)

  1. A traditional Alpine woman's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt.
    • For a change, Selina was not in slacks, but in a simple dirndl and sandals.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 60
  2. In full dirndl skirt: a full skirt with a tight waistband resembling one which is part of a traditional Alpine woman's dress.
    • 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.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 1, in Crime out of Mind, New York, N.Y.: I. Washburn, →OCLC

dirndl meaning in Bengali, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

dirndl in Bengali

traditional Alpine woman’s dress
ডির্ন্ডল ḍirnḍol

dirndl in Arabic

traditional Alpine woman’s dress
درندل

dirndl in Indonesian

traditional Alpine woman’s dress
dirndl

dirndl in Persian

traditional Alpine woman’s dress
دریندل
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dirndl in Vietnamese
dirndl

Forms of dirndl

pluraldirndls

Origin of dirndl

Borrowed from German Dirndl, a diminutive of Dirne (“girl”) (Austria, Bavaria), from Middle High German dierne (“girl; servant”), from Old High German diorna, thiorna (“girl; servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *þewernā (“maiden, young girl; female servant, handmaid”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to flow; to run”).

Words formed from dirndl

Questions about dirndl

What does dirndl mean?
Dirndl means a traditional Alpine woman's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt.
What is dirndl in Bengali?
Dirndl in Bengali is ডির্ন্ডল (ḍirnḍol). See Dirndl meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is dirndl?
Dirndl is a noun.
How do you pronounce dirndl?
Dirndl is pronounced /ˈdɜːndl̩/ (UK).
What is the plural of dirndl?
The plural of dirndl is dirndls.

Words near dirndl in the dictionary

  1. Dirksens
  2. Dirleton
  3. Dirlewanger
  4. dirlotapide
  5. Dirnaseer
  6. dirndl
  7. dirndled
  8. dirndls
  9. dirofilaria
  10. dirofilarial
  11. dirofilariasis

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