nozem
Dutch
editEtymology
editAbout 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
editNoun
editnozem 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
- Hyponyms: artistiekeling, (Amsterdam) dijker, (Amsterdam) pleiner
- rowdy, especially one with long hair, beard and tattoos like an archetypical Hells Angel