Bunde
See also: bunde, bundë, Bünde, and -bunde
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Bunde or Bünde.
Proper noun
Bunde (plural Bundes)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- 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
- 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
- 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
- (archaic) dative singular of Bund