dirndl
See also: Dirndl
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Dirndl, a diminutive of Dirne (“girl”) (Austria, Bavaria),[1] 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”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɜːndl̩/, [ˈdɪəndəɫ]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɜɹnd(ə)l/, [ˈdɚndɫ̩]
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- Hyphenation: dirn‧dl
Noun edit
dirndl (plural dirndls)
- A traditional Alpine woman's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 1, in Crime out of Mind, New York, N.Y.: I. Washburn, →OCLC:
- 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.
- In full dirndl skirt: a full skirt with a tight waistband resembling one which is part of a traditional Alpine woman's dress.
Translations edit
traditional Alpine woman’s dress
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full skirt with a tight waistband
References edit
- ^ “dirndl, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “dirndl, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
