Hungarian

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dirndli

Etymology

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From Bavarian; compare German Dirndl (little girl, a kind of dress), diminutive of Dirne (girl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdirndli]
  • Hyphenation: dirnd‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun

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dirndli (plural dirndlik)

  1. dirndl

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative dirndli dirndlik
accusative dirndlit dirndliket
dative dirndlinek dirndliknek
instrumental dirndlivel dirndlikkel
causal-final dirndliért dirndlikért
translative dirndlivé dirndlikké
terminative dirndliig dirndlikig
essive-formal dirndliként dirndlikként
essive-modal
inessive dirndliben dirndlikben
superessive dirndlin dirndliken
adessive dirndlinél dirndliknél
illative dirndlibe dirndlikbe
sublative dirndlire dirndlikre
allative dirndlihez dirndlikhez
elative dirndliből dirndlikből
delative dirndliről dirndlikről
ablative dirndlitől dirndliktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
dirndlié dirndliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
dirndliéi dirndlikéi
Possessive forms of dirndli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dirndlim dirndliim
2nd person sing. dirndlid dirndliid
3rd person sing. dirndlije dirndlii
1st person plural dirndlink dirndliink
2nd person plural dirndlitek dirndliitek
3rd person plural dirndlijük dirndliik

Further reading

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  • dirndli in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)