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nozem

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See also: nożem and nožem

Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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nozem m (plural nozems, diminutive nozempje n)

  1. 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
  2. rowdy, especially one with long hair, beard and tattoos like an archetypical Hells Angel