0 a person who is very clever or good at something and achieves success at a young age
1 a person who is very successful at a young age:
His achievements at a very young age have earned him the accolade wunderkind.
Early on he was recognized as a wunderkind, officiating at the pulpit with a choir by the age of nine.
He has been described as a software wunderkind.
It is one of the first novels to involve a wunderkind.