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fack in a sentence

• kunnig inom sitt fack
  well up in (knowledgable about) his subject
• gå med i facket
  join the union
• Hon gick med i facket
  She joined the/a union ["gå med i facket" is often used for joining a union in general]
• Facket hotar med att ta ut 2 000 av sina medlemmar i strejk
  The union threatens to take 2, 000 of its members out on strike
• 2 000 fackmedlemmar är uttagna i strejk
  2, 000 union members have been called out on strike [are taken out on strike]

Words built with fack

• bankfack bank box
• frysfack freezer compartment
• fackspråk jargon, technical language (terminology)
• fackkunskap specialist knowledge
• fackidiot specialist in a narrow field

Questions

Origin

From German Fach (“compartment, drawer”), from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”).

Nearby common words

fack is number 4,208 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 4,204vetenskaplig scientific
• 4,205bråkad braked (of flax)
• 4,206annons advert, advertisement
• 4,207delvis partly
• 4,209förgäves in vain
• 4,210presskonferens a press conference
• 4,211fransman a Frenchman ((male) person of French birth or nationality)
• 4,212områden areas