trång sektor

Swedish

Etymology

trång (narrow) +‎ sektor (sector), used since at least 1947 when a book titled Den trånga sektorn by Torsten Tegnér was published.

Noun

trång sektor c

  1. a bottleneck (in the abstract sense), a scarce resource

Usage notes

  • A similar construct, trång sektion, is often used in a non-abstract sense, i.e. a physically narrow part of a road, e.g. "I vissa trånga sektioner kan en betongmur användas, skriver konsulterna."

Declension

Declension of trång sektor
nominative genitive
singular indefinite trång sektor trång sektors
definite trånga sektorn trånga sektorns
plural indefinite trånga sektorer trånga sektorers
definite trånga sektorerna trånga sektorernas

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