bund

1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈbənd 

1

: an embankment used especially in India to control the flow of water

2

: an embanked thoroughfare along a river or the sea especially in the Far East

bund

2 of 2

noun (2)

ˈbu̇nd 

ˈbənd,

ˈbu̇nt 

often capitalized

: a political association: such as

a

: a Jewish socialist organization founded in czarist Russia in 1897

b

: a pro-Nazi German-American organization of the 1930s

bundist

ˈbu̇n-dist 

ˈbən-

noun often capitalized

Examples of bund in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The spread between 10-year Portuguese bonds and bunds, for example, has roughly halved to about 65 basis points since a mid-2022 peak. —Rodrigo Orihuela, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024

The first three years after the bund was breached were particularly dry. —Bianca Nogrady, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024

The yield premium investors demand to hold the country’s 10-year notes instead of German bunds has shrunk to about 176 basis points from a peak of 422 basis points mid-last year. —Peter Laca, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2023

Yields on government bonds, including benchmark German bunds, declined slightly. —Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023

Germany’s benchmark 10-year bund rose to 2.55%; Spain's increased to 3.56% and Italy's rose to 4.20%. —Will Horner, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2023

Yields on 10-year German bunds, the eurozone's go-to safe asset, jumped to 2.631%, from 2.481% Wednesday. —WSJ, 6 July 2023

There is confirmation for this activity in the US 30-year bond, the JGB, and the bund. —Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023

The yield on the two-year bund traded around 0.027%. —Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Hindi baṅd & Urdu band, from Persian

Noun (2)

Yiddish bund & German Bund, from Middle High German bunt; akin to Old English byndel

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1850, in the meaning defined above