nozem

Dutch

Etymology

About 1920, from the Bargoens cant. Probably borrowed from Yiddish. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.zəm/
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Hyphenation: no‧zem

Noun

nozem m (plural nozems, diminutive nozempje n)

someone who belonged to a 1950s youth culture revolving around (light) motorcycles, similar to a greaser or Teddy boy
rowdy, especially one with long hair, beard and tattoos like an archetypical Hells Angel

Hyponyms

artistiekeling
dijker (Amsterdam)
pleiner (Amsterdam)