Bunde

See also: bunde, bundë, Bünde, and -bunde

English

Etymology

• As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German bunde (“peasant, farmer”), see Bond.
• As a German surname, from the archaic Beunte (“enclosed piece of land”), a derivative of biwenden (“to weave, bend”), equivalent to be- +‎ wenden.
• Also as a north/Low German surname, from the place Bünde in Westphalia.

Borrowed from German Bunde or Bünde.

Proper noun

Bunde (plural Bundes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bunde is the 36379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 615 individuals. Bunde is most common among White (94.15%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bunde”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251.

Dutch

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏn.də/
• Hyphenation: Bun‧de
• Rhymes: -ʏndə

Proper noun

Bunde n

1. A village and former municipality of Meerssen, Limburg, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Bunde

1. (archaic) dative singular of Bund