wunderkind
noun /ˈwʊndəkɪnd/
  /ˈwʊndərkɪnd/
 (plural wunderkinds or wunderkinder 
 (from German, sometimes disapproving) /ˈwʊndəkɪndə(r)/
  /ˈwʊndərkɪndər/
)- a person who is very successful at a young ageTopics Successc2, Life stagesc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German, from Wunder ‘wonder’ + Kind ‘child’.