Bunde
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Bunde or Bünde.
Proper noun edit
Bunde (plural Bundes)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bunde is the 36379th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 615 individuals. Bunde is most common among White (94.15%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bunde”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Potentially attested as bundende in 893, attested with certainty as bunde in 1202. Etymology uncertain. Potentially related to Proto-Germanic *biwanda (“enclosed piece of land”), Transalpine Gaulish *bundo- (“soil, earth”), Alemannic German bunde (“foot of a mountain”) or Gallo-Roman Latin *bondam (“border”).
See also Limburgish Bung.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bunde n
- A village and former municipality of Meerssen, Limburg, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German edit
Pronunciation edit
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Bunde