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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Presiding over it all is Arlene Wagner, usually perched on a stool at the museum's entrance wearing a pearl necklace and traditional German dirndl dress.
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Vanessa Romo, NPR, 9 Dec. 2025
The dirndl and lederhosen crowd is already way ahead of her.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
The property can also arrange a private fitting for dirndl or lederhosen.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
The popular beer-stein holding contests — with divisions for both men and women — will be back, and there’ll also be a contest to see who wears the best dirndl and lederhosen.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
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Vanessa Romo, NPR, 9 Dec. 2025
The dirndl and lederhosen crowd is already way ahead of her.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
The property can also arrange a private fitting for dirndl or lederhosen.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
The popular beer-stein holding contests — with divisions for both men and women — will be back, and there’ll also be a contest to see who wears the best dirndl and lederhosen.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dirndl
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“Dirndl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirndl. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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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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