Historische Grundzüge ausgewählter deutscher Komposita. Unter Berücksichtigung von Sonderformen und atypischen Entwicklungsprozessen

Abstract

The article presents historical features of German compoundsand their development from Old High German to the present day. Particular attention should be paid to compositional tendencies, which were of importance in certain epochs. In addition, examples of special cases of determinative compounds with short etymological comments are discussed, including hybrid formations, hyphenated compounds, and compounds consisting of a proper name as their first part.

Keywords

• determinative compounds
• word formation
• foreign words
• hybrid formations