Standard Lemma guide

dirndl

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɜːndl̩/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈdɪəndəɫ]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈdɜɹnd(ə)l/
  • General-American: [ˈdɚndɫ̩]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A traditional Alpine woman's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

In full dirndl skirt: a full skirt with a tight waistband resembling one which is part of a traditional Alpine woman's dress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a dress with a tight bodice and full skirt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dress, frock

4

noun

Meaning 4

a full skirt with a gathered waistband

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gathered skirt

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: درندل — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Azerbaijani: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Basque: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Bengali: ডির্ন্ডল (ḍirnḍol) — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Czech: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Danish: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Dutch: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Esperanto: dirndelo — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Finnish: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • French: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Galician: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • German: Dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Bavarian German: Dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Bavarian German: Deandl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Bavarian German: Diandl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Greek: ντιρντλ (ntirntl) — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Hungarian: dirndli — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Indonesian: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Italian: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Italian: abito tradizionale tirolese — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Japanese: ダーンドル (dāndoru) — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Korean: 디른들 (direundeul) — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Macedonian: ди́рндл (dírndl) — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Persian: دریندل — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Polish: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Portuguese: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Russian: дирндль (dirndlʹ) — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Serbo-Croatian: дѝрндл — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Serbo-Croatian: dìrndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Slovak: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Slovene: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Spanish: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Turkish: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Ukrainian: дірндль (dirndlʹ) — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Vietnamese: dirndl — traditional Alpine woman’s dress
  • Finnish: dirndl — full skirt with a tight waistband