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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

Ten-year German bund yields also fell on Thursday, though only by 4.6 bps to 2.71%.

From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2023

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

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

Local governments have urged people to avoid outdoor activities, while several top tourist attractions remain closed, including parts of Disneyland and Legoland, and several viewing platforms along the Bund in Shanghai.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The 10-year Bund yield rose 0.9 basis points to 3.111%, according to LSEG.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

—Eurozone government bond yields rose, with the 30-year German Bund yield hitting a two-month high.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The 10-year Bund yield fell 3.5 basis points to 3.134%, according to LSEG.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

When Haupt was a teenager, he became a member of the German American Bund.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

Germany will auction May 2041 green Bunds on Tuesday and it will launch new, August 2036-dated Bunds on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Germany will sell February 2033-, February 2035- and August 2053-dated green Bunds on Tuesday and February 2036-dated conventional Bund on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

The trend is global: Yields on United Kingdom gilts, German Bunds, and Japanese government bonds have also been climbing, in tandem with a rise in crude-oil prices since the Iran war began in late February.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

Germany will auction June 2028 Schatz on Tuesday as well as May 2047 and August 2054 Bunds on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026