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wunderkind

[ voon-der-kind, wuhn-; German voon-duhr-kint ]

noun

, plural wun·der·kinds, German wun·der·kin·der [voon, -d, uh, r, -kin-d, uh, r].
  1. a wonder child or child prodigy.
  2. a person who succeeds, especially in business, at a comparatively early age.


wunderkind

/ ˈwʌndəˌkɪnd; ˈvʊndərˌkɪnt /

noun

  1. a child prodigy
  2. a person who is exceptionally successful in his field while still young
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wunderkind1

1890–95; < German, equivalent to Wunder wonder + Kind child
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wunderkind1

C20: German, literally: wonder child
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Example Sentences

For the devastated people of the region, news of a local baseball wunderkind making it in Japan’s big leagues was a balm.

Set against the ominous beauty of the Swiss Alps, the film is a post-WWII-set art thriller about a quantum physics wunderkind and a mysterious jazz pianist.

At 14, the wunderkind performed for then-First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House as part of a student delegation of musicians from the Delta Blues Museum.

There’s not much one needs to say to explain the excitement over a new book by Rooney, the Irish wunderkind whose first novel is the unbelievably perfect “Conversations With Friends.”

He recalls being haunted by a Los Angeles Times article published at the time that questioned whether he was, in fact, “the real deal” and the industry’s new wunderkind.

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