Bund
See also: bund
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From bund (“embankment”), from Persian.
Proper noun edit
The Bund
- A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
Etymology 2 edit
From Yiddish בונד (bund, “bond, union”). Doublet of bund, bond, and band.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
the Bund
- (historical, 1897–1920) The General Jewish Labour Bund, a secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire.
- Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc.
German edit
Etymology edit
From the verb binden (“bind”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bund m (strong, genitive Bundes or Bunds, plural Bünde)
- (politics) alliance, federation, league
- (biblical) covenant
- (music) fret (of a guitar)
- Gitarrenbund ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- waistband
Declension edit
Declension of Bund [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Noun edit
Bund n (strong, genitive Bundes or Bunds, plural Bunde)
Declension edit
Declension of Bund [neuter, strong]
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Noun edit
Bund m (strong, genitive Bundes or Bunds, no plural)
- (German politics) confederation of German states
- Die Aufgaben des Bundes ― The tasks of the German confederation
- 2022 September 21, “Uniper wird verstaatlicht – Bund wird Mehrheitsaktionär mit 98,5 Prozent”, in Der Spiegel[1], →ISSN:
- Der Bund hatte bereits im Juli ein Rettungspaket für Uniper geschnürt, das laut Fortum und Uniper nun nicht mehr ausreicht.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (informal, Germany) Short for Bundeswehr (“German army”).
- Ich geh’ zum Bund. ― I will join the German army.
Declension edit
Declension of Bund [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
- Bundesamt
- Bundesangelegenheit
- Bundesanstalt
- Bundesarchiv
- Bundesbahn
- Bundesdorf
- Bundesebene
- Bundesfinanzhof
- Bundesgebiet
- Bundesgerichtshof
- Bundesgrenzschutz
- Bundeshauptstadt
- Bundeskanzler
- Bundesland
- Bundesliga
- Bundesnachrichtendienst
- Bundespolizei
- Bundespost
- Bundespräsident
- Bundesrat
- Bundesrechnungshof
- Bundesregierung
- Bundesrepublik
- Bundestag
- Bundestrainer
- Bundesverfassungsgericht
- Bundeswehr
- bundesweit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “Bund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bund” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Bund (Gebundenes)” in Duden online
- “Bund (Vereinigung, Gesamtstaat)” in Duden online
- Bund on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de