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
- 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | trång sektor | trånga sektorn | trånga sektorer | trånga sektorerna |
| Genitive | trång sektors | trånga sektorns | trånga sektorers | trånga sektorernas |
Synonyms
- flaskhals