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DictionarydirndlTraditional Alpine dress
noun

dirndl

DURN-dul/ˈdɜːrndl/

A traditional Alpine dress with a fitted bodice, blouse, and full skirt.

The dirndl on the dress form has a fitted bodice and full skirt.

A traditional Alpine dirndl displayed on a simple headless dress form, clearly showing its fitted bodice, white blouse, full skirt and tied apron.
Etymology
dirndlGermangirl

Dirndl is a dialectal diminutive meaning “girl,” used in a compound naming a peasant dress. The dress name thus connects its Alpine style with the girls or women who wore that costume.

In context

Inside the Hem9:49
this is a skater dress pattern they've been around for years and years and years and this also called a dirndl
McCall's Early Fall Sewing Pattern Collection | First Impression Review

More examples

  • The dirndl has a fitted bodice and a full skirt.
  • She pairs her dirndl with a white blouse and an apron.
  • The shop sells traditional dirndls in several colors.

Forms

dirndl · dirndls

Similar words

dress
A broader term without the dirndl's specific Alpine design.