This is the 2517th most frequent Swedish word.
köer
Queues.
Here 'köer' refers to people standing in line at the ticket booth.
Jag såg långa köer vid biljettkassan.
I saw long queues at the ticket counter.
Here 'köer' denotes traffic jams, which can be considered a type of line of vehicles.
Under rusningstid är det ofta köer på motorvägen.
During rush hours, there are often traffic jams on the highway.
Here 'köer' is used metaphorically to represent tasks waiting in line in a digital system.