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

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 • Mar. 29, 2026

Germany’s 10-year bund yield, a proxy for risk-free interest rates in the euro zone, traded at 3.083%, the highest since 2007.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Fairhurst suggest this earth bund would need a fence on top to stop people getting in to the rock trap area.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Instead, pokkali requires laborers, today mostly women, that stand in the water and cut the matured stalks manually, bundle them and bring them to the bund.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Or “TV bund karo” means “turn off the TV.”

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan