Meanings
plural dirndls
- 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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tekʷ-“to flow; to run”
- Proto-West Germanic*þewernā“maiden, young girl; female servant, handmaid”
- Old High Germandiorna
- Middle High Germandierne“girl; servant”
- GermanDirndl
- Englishdirndl
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”).
More words from German, Middle High German, Old High German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic درندل
- درندلtraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Basque dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Bengali ডির্ন্ডল
- ডির্ন্ডল (ḍirnḍol)traditional Alpine woman’s dress
Czech dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Danish dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Dutch dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Esperanto dirndelo
- dirndelotraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Finnish dirndl, dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
- dirndlfull skirt with a tight waistband
French dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
German Dirndl
- Dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Greek ντιρντλ
- ντιρντλ (ntirntl)traditional Alpine woman’s dress
Hungarian dirndli
- dirndlitraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Indonesian dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Italian dirndl, abito tradizionale tirolese
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
- abito tradizionale tirolesetraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Japanese ダーンドル
- ダーンドル (dāndoru)traditional Alpine woman’s dress
Korean 디른들
- 디른들 (direundeul)traditional Alpine woman’s dress
Norwegian Bokmål dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Persian دریندل
- دریندلtraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Polish dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Portuguese dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Russian дирндль
- дирндль (dirndlʹ)traditional Alpine woman’s dress
Slovak dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Spanish dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Turkish dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Ukrainian дірндль
- дірндль (dirndlʹ)traditional Alpine woman’s dress
Vietnamese dirndl
- dirndltraditional Alpine woman’s dress
Cite this entry
dirndl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirndl
“dirndl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirndl. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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