What is Dirndl?
[[File:Dirndl-2011.JPG|thumb|right|230px|{{center|A woman wearing a dirndl}}]] [[File:Austria, Traditional costumes from Tyrol, EU.jpg|thumb|Austria, Traditional costumes from Tyrol, EU]] A '''dirndl''' [ˈdɪʁndl̩] is a type of [[dress]] worn by women in [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Austria]] and [[South Tyrol]]. It is made to look like the [[tradition]]al [[clothing]] that [[wikt:peasant|peasant]]s from the [[Alps]] used to wear.<ref>''Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia'', eds. Annette Lynch; Mitchell D. Strauss (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), p. 100</ref> Originally the term ''Dirndl'' meant [[girl]] in [[Austro-Bavarian language|Bavarian]]. Now it can mean either the dress or a girl.<ref name=DM>{{cite web |url=http://www.destination-munich.com/german-dirndl.html |title=German Dirndl |publisher=Stuart Anderson at www.destination-munich.com |access-date=27 April 2015}}</ref> It was also called a ''Dirndlgewand''.<ref name=DM/> In the 1800s [[Domestic worker|servant girls]] wore a very similar dress. They were very plain. A heavy, often dark colored dress was worn in [[winter]]. It had a long [[sleeve]] dirndl [[blouse]] and thick [[apron]] to go with it. In [[summer]] a light version was worn.<ref name=DM/> Summer dresses were worn with a short puffed-sleeve dirndl blouse. Different [[style]]s were worn in different [[region]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austria.info/us/austria-dirndl-temptation/dirndl-basics-1681393.html |title=Dirndl Basics |publisher=Austrian Tourism Board |access-date=27 April 2015 |archive-date=12 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412041607/http://www.austria.info/us/austria-dirndl-temptation/dirndl-basics-1681393.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The bow on the apron is tied on the left (she is [[Single person|single]]) or the right side (she is not single).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bavarian-specialities.net/oktoberfest/dirndl-knot.html |title=Dirndl knot on the left, in the centre or on the right? |publ