No. 13,067 in Swedish
telefonkö
"Telefonkö" means "telephone queue."
In a sentence
Jag var tvungen att vänta länge i telefonkön för att nå kundtjänst.
I had to wait a long time in the phone queue to reach customer service.
The word 'telefonkö' is used as a noun to describe the telephone queue one waits in for service.
Telefonkön hos det företaget är oftast väldigt kort.
The phone queue at that company is usually very short.
Here, 'telefonkö' indicates the specific characteristic of the telephone queue associated with a certain company.
Om telefonkön är för lång, kan ett meddelande lämnas via e-post istället.
If the phone queue is too long, a message can be left via email instead.
In this sentence, 'telefonkö' is used as a determining factor affecting the choice of communication methods.
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