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 7.3 basis points lower at 2.939%; the 10-year Italian BTP yield slid 15 basis points to 3.765% and the 10-year French OAT yield dropped 10.6 basis points to 3.622%.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 10-year German Bund yield rose by 1 basis point to 3.045% while the French 10-year OAT yield was up 1.6 basis points at 3.777%.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Germany will auction March 2028 Schatz on Tuesday and November 2032 Bund on Wednesday, while France will hold an auction for long-dated bonds on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Treasury yield rose 4.8 basis points to 4.375%; the 10-year German Bund yield increased 6.8 basis points to 3.022%; and the 10-year U.K. gilt yield rose 8.5 basis points to 4.915%, according to Tradeweb.

From The Wall Street Journal