wunderkind

[ voo n-der-kind, wuhn-; German voo n-duh r-kint ]

/ ˈvʊn dərˌkɪnd, ˈwʌn-; German ˈvʊn dərˌkɪnt /

a wonder child or child prodigy.

a person who succeeds, especially in business, at a comparatively early age.

Origin of wunderkind

1890–95; < German, equivalent to Wunder wonder + Kind child

wuhu, wukkas, wulfenite, wulfila, wulumuqi, wunderkind, wundt, wuppertal, wurley, wurst, wurtzilite

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In 1951, wunderkind conductor Leonard Bernstein married the beautiful actress Felicia Montealegre.

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First, there was the wunderkind author of Goodbye, Columbus, a landmark postwar debut.

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Wunderkind backstroker Missy Franklin won gold at the tender age of 17.

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Andreessen first became famous as the wunderkind founder of Netscape, the original Web browser.

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wunderkind

/ (ˈwʌndəˌkɪnd, German ˈvʊndərˌkɪnt) /

a child prodigy

a person who is exceptionally successful in his field while still young

C20: German, literally: wonder child