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• bund
  bund

  noun

  an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
• Bund
  Bund

  noun

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

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

• Bunds,
  plural
• Bünde
  plural

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

Derived Forms

• Bundist
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Bunds
  plural
• Bünde
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bund¹

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

Origin of Bund²

< German: association, league

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bund Bund Bunds

That may already be spurring upward pressure on Treasury, gilt and bund yields, and if JGB yields keep climbing, global yields could be pushed higher still, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Germany’s 10-year bund yield, a proxy for risk-free rates in the eurozone, was just shy of 3%, 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

The 10-year German Bund yield rose after flash estimate purchasing managers data came in stronger than expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Eurozone government bond yields edged higher with the 10-year Bund yield hitting a new 15-year high.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The 10-year German Bund yield rose to a new 15-year high of 3.515% before reversing to 3.502%, while the 10-year U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The 10-year German Bund yield rose to a 15-year high of 3.515% before reversing to 3.502% on the back of declining oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

He wasn't even a member of the German American Bund, a Hitler-endorsed organization comprising an estimated 25,000 dues-paying Germans living in America.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Germany will auction 750 million euros in February 2033- and 750 million euros in May 2041-dated green Bunds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Germany will auction February 2033- and May 2041-dated green Bunds on Tuesday and August 2036 conventional Bund on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Germany will tap the September 2028 Schatz on Tuesday, while it will reopen May 2041- and August 2048-dated Bunds on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Find insight on Malaysia, German Bunds and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

It considers the outright levels for yields and rates as looking attractive, expecting the 3% level for 10-year Bunds to hold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026