What is a Dirndl?
A dirndl is a national dress worn by German women. Not everyone is aware of its name, but its appearance is always associated with German culture. This attire consists of a bodice, blouse, full skirt, and apron. As the dress is quite popular, it may be made of quite cheap materials and fabric, but properly made dirndl can be really expensive. A proper dress is tailored and sometimes cut from costly hand-printed or silk fabrics.
Where does the name come from? In the South German dialects (Bairisch), Dirndl originally referred to a young woman or a girl, and Dirndlgewand to the dress. Nowadays, Dirndl may equally refer to either a young woman or to the dress.
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65 Comments
Barbara Klukowski
I'm German. A woman wearing a dirndl always signifies to the young men if she is single or not by tying her apron either on the right or left side of her waist. Right, she is spoken for or already married, left, she is single and available
David Holmes
Please people this is a trivia quiz game not a political discussion forum. It is also not a forum for trading personal insults.
Cari G.
Ok folks from the U.S....ENOUGH. Your vitriol, both sides has absolutely NO place here. I realize both sides are dug in with no hope of one influencing the other, so give it up, the rest of the world is weary of hearing it.
Ian Swindale
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear - is there really any need for the vitriol Ben Totuous? We're entitled to our own opinions whether you, me or anyone else disagrees. This is a Quiz for heavens sake not a political programme.
Patrick G Cox
The dirndl is Bavarian, not “German”. This is a bit like saying the kilt is “British” ...
Ben Totuous
Shomin, you are a racist, there is no 'may be' involved. Glad you can finally admit it, but i never doubted that fact for a second. And as such, you hate what this country is about. There is no white only provision in anything of our government. You hate this country. You, Trump and the KKK will never realize your dreams of shipping out all the minorities. In fact, what you haters will find one day is YOU ARE the minority. Maybe at that time, you will get the idea to leave. Only SCUM judges other people by their skin color. Got it, SCUM?
Cheryl Perkins
You Americans are ridiculous, how can a question about a skirt bring out so much vitriol.
Susan Labuschagne
David Holmes, Thank you. I agree with you. Some people just cannot help themselves, they were BORN nasty and disgruntled. This is just a quiz. Supposed to be fun. Most of the time, I skip the comments because of this!
Tim Rick
Skirted around this question.
Sandie de Rougemont
We lived in Bavaria and loved the traditional values that were adhered to in daily life. My daughter wore her dirndl on Sundays and holidays like all the local children
Vaughan Smith
Working as a contractor for a Munich-based company, I still hope to visit Munich again one day, during Oktoberfest, to see these things for myself . . .
Joanne Serin
I made a dirndl skirt in my 7th grade homemaking class.
diannavslife
Silly me, when I think of "OCTOBERFEST" the word "beer garden" is what comes to mind first, didn't even realize they were talking about clothes...
Alexandre Petersen
Again, it’s not exclusively German! Austria uses the word too! Furthermore, to call it German is wrong, it’s Bavarian! No self respecting northerner would wear it!
Charli Robinson
My mom used to call a gathered skirt a dirndl skirt. I had no clue it's back ground and doubt she did either.
Patricia Ouellet
Look at the beautiful dirndl wearing the dirndl
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dsneed
tesla alset, 👍
dsneed
Process of elimination - I could not imagine any of the othervoptions being named this. Therefore I chose the dress. Yay me.
Caroline Wolter Hall
Guenter Bay, not just from Bavaria. We're from Hamburg, and my mother had a dirndl she spent 400DM in 1973.
Caroline Wolter Hall
Love it! I'm German! 😁
Janice Lea Vanlandingham
Barbara Klukowski, I didn't know this, when I was young in the 70,s the dirndl was introduced in America as just a style of skirt. Thanks for the history and custom of this garment.
Annie
I had a dirndl skirt as a teenager.
jack patti go
I for one am tired of seeing all of these political surveyscto take?! I cannot gigurevout the powers that be, over these quizzes, lets these on here!