%0 Journal Article %A Anonym %D 2021 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %J Zeitschrift für Wortbildung / Journal of Word Formation %@ 2367-3877 %N 1 %V 1 %T Preface %R 10.3726/zwjw.2017.01.02 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1158517 %X Some months ago, when it became clear that the first issue of the Zeitschrift für Wortbildung/ Journal of Word Formation (ZWJW) would appear in spring 2017, the idea was born to start with a Special Issue edited by members of the Editorial Board. We chose “Zusammenbildungen/ Synthetic compounds” as the topic for this Special Issue and began our editorial work.