How to Use dirndl in a Sentence

dirndl

noun
  • The dirndl consists of a bodice, blouse, full skirt and apron.
    — Gere Goble, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Put on your dirndl or lederhosen and bring your lawn chairs.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Dress in your lederhosen or dirndl.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Dress in your lederhosen or dirndl.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t have a dirndl or lederhosen?
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The dirndl and lederhosen crowd is already way ahead of her.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Put on your dirndl or lederhosen and pack chairs and sunshades.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • The attire the female students wear is a dirndl, which includes the dress and the apron.
    — Julie Cornell, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Her use of native materials and styles may cause a revival of the dirndl.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The dirndl is a traditional alpine outfit that consists of a bodice, skirt, blouse and apron.
    — Em Sauter, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Klum wore a red and white dirndl —a traditional dress featuring a lace-up bodice and wide apron skirt.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Wear your German lederhosen or dirndls.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Cute villages, dirndls and lederhosen, fairy-tale castles.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
  • Many Wurstfest fans will wear lederhosen or a dirndl, but the biggest factor to keep in mind is comfort.
    — Kyle Mahnke, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Don your dirndl and lederhosen and get ready to do the chicken dance while clutching a beer stein in one hand and a giant pretzel in the other.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2022
  • And her skirt was usually broadcloth, either a wrap or a dirndl, and also very traditional.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • As always, wearing authentic lederhosen or a dirndl is good for free admission both days.
    — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2020
  • The property can also arrange a private fitting for dirndl or lederhosen.
    — Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The property can also arrange a private fitting for dirndl or lederhosen.
    — Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Klum made the dirndl (a traditional German dress) fit for a supermodel by creating the look in patent leather.
    — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Senior Katy Nelson is co-president and in charge of the attire, the dirndl for women and lederhosen for men.
    — Julie Cornell, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Dressed in a traditional dirndl, Van leads the way, guiding Earn into the hall for the grand festivities.
    — Lauren Alvarez, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2018
  • What to wear The dress code for many is the traditional Bavarian dirndl, for women, and lederhosen, for men.
    — Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Contributor, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Don’t expect smiles or chitchat from the busy and busty dirndl-wearing waitresses, but do expect plates piled with roast pork belly, crispy schnitzels, potato pancakes, and sauerkraut.
    — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2018
  • This restaurant features classic German cuisine, decor and even waitstaff wearing dirndl and lederhosen.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2022
  • In a woodsy dining room rich with the aroma of roasting meat, servers in festive dirndl dresses offered the hungry hunters and fans of hunting an abundance of appetizers.
    — Kevin Riordan, Philly.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The Right Clothes Tourists and locals alike don lederhosen and dirndls at Oktoberfest.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 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
  • The narrow streets near Vienna’s cathedral are sprinkled with old-fashioned shops that seem to belong to another era — just the place to pick out an elegant dirndl.
    — Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 25 July 2017

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