kosmisch
Kosmisch is an adjective in the German language describing something related to the cosmos or the universe. The word derives from the noun Kosmos, from the Greek kosmos, meaning order, world, or universe, with the German suffix -isch that forms adjectives. In scientific discourse, kosmisch is used to refer to phenomena outside Earth’s atmosphere, such as kosmische Strahlung (cosmic rays), kosmische Hintergrundstrahlung (cosmic microwave background radiation), and kosmischer Staub (cosmic dust). It can also describe scale or magnitude that is universal in scope.
In philosophy, astronomy, literature, and art, kosmisch is often employed in a figurative sense to express vastness,