köer

In a sentence

• Jag såg långa köer vid biljettkassan.

  I saw long queues at the ticket counter.

  Here 'köer' refers to people standing in line at the ticket booth.

• Under rusningstid är det ofta köer på motorvägen.

  During rush hours, there are often traffic jams on the highway.

  Here 'köer' denotes traffic jams, which can be considered a type of line of vehicles.

• Många köer i systemet kan sakta ner arbetsflödet.

  Many queues in the system can slow down the workflow.

  Here 'köer' is used metaphorically to represent tasks waiting in line in a digital system.