bund

¹ American  

[buhnd] / bʌnd /

noun

1. an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.

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Bund ² American  

[boond, buhnd, boont] / bʊnd, bʌnd, bʊnt /

noun

plural

Bunds,

plural

Bünde

1. a short form of “German-American Volksbund,” a pro-Nazi organization in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s.

2. (often lowercase) an alliance or league, especially a political society.

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Bund ¹ British  

/ bʊnd, bʊnt /

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) a federation or league

2. short for German American Bund , an organization of US Nazis and Nazi sympathizers in the 1930s and 1940s

3. an organization of socialist Jewish workers in Russia founded in 1897

4. the confederation of N German states, which existed from 1867–71

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bund ² British  

/ bʌnd /

noun

1. an embankment; dyke

2. an embanked road or quay

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Other Word Forms

• Bundist noun

Etymology

Origin of bund¹

1805–15; < Hindi band < Persian: dam, levee; akin to bind, bond ¹

Origin of Bund²

< German: association, league

Example Sentences

The 10-year German Bund yield rose by 1 basis point to 3.045% while the French 10-year OAT yield was up 1.6 basis points at 3.777%.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last week’s BGS issue highlighted the growing emergence of new safe-haven assets, such as the Singaporean dollar, Swiss Franc, the German 10-year bund, and of course, gold.

From Barron's

Germany will auction March 2028 Schatz on Tuesday and November 2032 Bund on Wednesday, while France will hold an auction for long-dated bonds on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Treasury yield rose 4.8 basis points to 4.375%; the 10-year German Bund yield increased 6.8 basis points to 3.022%; and the 10-year U.K. gilt yield rose 8.5 basis points to 4.915%, according to Tradeweb.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yields on bonds of more indebted eurozone countries, such as Italy, France and Belgium, also rose by more than those of German Bund yields on Thursday, causing spreads to widen.

From The Wall Street Journal