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företräde

English translation: hold an audience; give priority

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Swedish term or phrase:företräde
English translation:hold an audience; give priority
Entered by: Charlesp

11:23 Jun 10, 2015
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: företräde
What does it mean that someone "gav företräde för" ?
Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 17:47
audience
Explanation:
Need more context here, but I'll put this in as an answer

Found this, if you haven't already

Here (http://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/företräde) we're being told your phrase has a peculiar, special meaning. And a suggested synonym as 'audiens'. Googling your phrase gives a lot of hits similar to this (http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/akt...

Audience seems to be what the Queen gives in these circumstances... as at (http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/QueenandGovernment/Queenan...

Did you get an invite?

Btw, I'll comment that I prefer 'preference' over 'priority' otherwise.
Selected response from:

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 17:47
Grading comment
Yes, it was royal.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3priority
Anne Parelius
5Prioritized
Shlomo (Salomon) Liberman
5precedence
George Hopkins
3audience
Deane Goltermann


  

Answers


18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
priority


Explanation:
It is not actually Danish; it is Swedish.

Example sentence(s):
  • To give priority to
Anne Parelius
Canada
Local time: 12:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Agneta Pallinder
1 hr
agree  zebung
1 hr
agree  Sven Petersson
4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Prioritized


Explanation:
The company prioritized promoting this new product over the older products




Example sentence(s):
  • The company prioritized promoting this new product over the older products
Shlomo (Salomon) Liberman
Israel
Local time: 18:47
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
precedence


Explanation:
:-

George Hopkins
Local time: 17:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
audience


Explanation:
Need more context here, but I'll put this in as an answer

Found this, if you haven't already

Here (http://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/företräde) we're being told your phrase has a peculiar, special meaning. And a suggested synonym as 'audiens'. Googling your phrase gives a lot of hits similar to this (http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/akt...

Audience seems to be what the Queen gives in these circumstances... as at (http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/QueenandGovernment/Queenan...

Did you get an invite?

Btw, I'll comment that I prefer 'preference' over 'priority' otherwise.

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 17:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 70
Grading comment
Yes, it was royal.
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