[Cz-L] Nicht gefahrlich

Our German.
 Gefahr is German danger and therefore gefaehrlich is dangerous.
  But " Nicht gefaehrlich " in Czernowitzerisch got completely new
interpretations.
   If a girl was not very good looking she was "nicht gefaehrlich schoen".
   If something was not too expensive : "nicht gefaehrlich teuer."
   If something was not too far it became " nicht gefaehrlich weit".
    None of the above had anything to do with danger.
    ( Except the girl who is potentially dangerous in all versions.)
     It took the place of "extremely ,utmost" which in German could be
"ausserst ".
     But in Czernowitz they liked it better this way.

     Hardy
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