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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

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

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

Germany's bund yield, the euro zone benchmark, rose 1.7 bps to 2.754% after seven sessions of declines.

From Reuters ● Nov. 6, 2023

Ralph edged forward, feeling his way over the uneven surface as though he were bund.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Ten-year Bund yields climbed 2.3 basis points to 3.198%, Tradeweb data show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

The 10-year Bund yield was stable at 3.148%, according to LSEG.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Bund Deutscher Mädel leaders between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one traveled to Poland to settle the German families into their new homes.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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 June 2028 Schatz on Tuesday, as well as January 2037 and May 2047-dated Bunds on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Government bond supply in the eurozone is due from Germany, which will auction a total of 2.5 billion euros in 2047- and 2053-dated Bunds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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

Bond supply in the eurozone comes only from Germany, which auctions 5 billion euros in February 2036-dated Bunds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026