Cosa Nostra
[ˌkoːza ˈnɔstʁa]
The verdict
“Cosa Nostra” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts auf Sizilien entstandene Verbrecherorganisation
Corpus desk
Index DE-cosa-nostra · Cosa Nostra · German
Cosa Nostra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cosa Nostra |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌkoːza ˈnɔstʁa] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Cosa Nostra“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Cosa Nostra is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌkoːza ˈnɔstʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts auf Sizilien entstandene Verbrecherorganisation".
No misspelling variants are generated for Cosa Nostra in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Cosa Nostra, spelled C-O-S-A- -N-O-S-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts auf Sizilien entstandene Verbrecherorganisation
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cosa Nostra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Laut Pruno hatte sie dort auch zweimal geheiratet - erst einen jungen Sizilianer aus einer prominenten Familie der Cosa Nostra, der es schaffte, sich umbringen zu lassen, dann einen älteren italienischen Adligen, einen Grafen namens Pietro Adolfo Ferrara.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.