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
	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