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

Synonyms

• flaskhals