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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.

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.

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
bund 2 British  
/ bʌnd /

noun

  1. an embankment; dyke

  2. an embanked road or quay

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of bund1

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

Origin of Bund2

< German: association, league

Example Sentences

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Supply is limited to Germany, which auctions 3.5 billion euros in the November 2032 Bund and aims to sell 3.5 billion euros in the syndicated tap of the August 2056 Bund.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

—Eurozone government bond yields jumped in opening trade, with the 10-year Bund yield hitting its highest level since 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The 10-year German Bund yield rose 1.3 basis points to 3.049%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The 10-year German Bund yield rose 1.1 basis points to 3.016%, according to Tradeweb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

So Kappe moved to Cincinnati and worked as the press and propaganda chief of the German American Bund.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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