1
: a dress style with tight bodice, short sleeves, low neck, and gathered skirt
2
: a full skirt with a tight waistband
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Cute villages, dirndls and lederhosen, fairy-tale castles.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
By Friday, however, no maypole had been stolen from Kühbach, and early in the morning the mostly young men and women, all dressed in their best lederhosen and light-blue dirndl dresses, came to the sawmill to triumphantly take it to the center of their village.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
At a recent show the ringleader wore a red dirndl with gray knee socks and black ankle boots.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Mader's is filled with Old-World charm from the outside to the dining room, an ornate space with Bavarian decor and a waitstaff that dons dirndls and lederhosen.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
By Friday, however, no maypole had been stolen from Kühbach, and early in the morning the mostly young men and women, all dressed in their best lederhosen and light-blue dirndl dresses, came to the sawmill to triumphantly take it to the center of their village.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
At a recent show the ringleader wore a red dirndl with gray knee socks and black ankle boots.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Mader's is filled with Old-World charm from the outside to the dining room, an ornate space with Bavarian decor and a waitstaff that dons dirndls and lederhosen.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Dirndl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirndl. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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dirndl
noun
: a full skirt with a tight waistband
Etymology
a shortened form of German Dirndlkleid, literally, "girl's dress," from Dirndl "girl" and Kleid "dress"
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