nozem
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
nozem m (plural nozems, diminutive nozempje n)
- someone who belonged to a 1950s Dutch youth culture revolving around (light) motorcycles, similar to a greaser, raggare or Teddy boy
- rowdy, especially one with long hair, beard and tattoos like an archetypical Hells Angel
Hyponyms edit
- artistiekeling
- dijker (Amsterdam)
- pleiner (Amsterdam)