Wunschkind
German, noun/ˈvʊnʃˌkɪnt/
Wunschkind is spelled W-U-N-S-C-H-K-I-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wunschkind is a German neuter noun meaning “planned child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kind, dessen Geburt von den Eltern gewollt und geplant war”.
What does Wunschkind mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterplanned child
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kind, dessen Geburt von den Eltern gewollt und geplant war
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Wunschkind
- Wunschkindes genitive
- Wunschkinds genitive
- Wunschkinder plural
- Wunschkinde dative singular
- Wunschkindern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wunschkind?
- /ˈvʊnʃˌkɪnt/
- [ˈvʊnʃˌkɪnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wunschkind in German?
Wunschkind appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).