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 was up 0.4 basis points at 2.975%, while the 10-year Italian BTP yield was down 0.7 basis points at 3.780%, according to Tradeweb.

From The Wall Street Journal

The German 10-year Bund yield rose to a two-and-half-year high of 2.994% in early European trade, according to LSEG, as Brent crude oil prices briefly rose above $102 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 10-year French OAT-German Bund yield spread widened by 1.7 basis points to last trade at 69 basis points, while the 10-year Italian BTP-German Bund yield spread increased 2.5 basis points to 81 basis points, according to Tradeweb.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 10-year Bund yield last traded 0.8 basis point higher on the day at 2.952%.

From The Wall Street Journal

Eurozone government bond yields rose, with the 10-year German Bund yield once again rising to its highest in two and half years and edging close to 3%.

From The Wall Street Journal