Tretrådig

Tretrådig is a Swedish adjective meaning three-stranded or having three threads. It is used to describe materials composed of three strands, such as yarn, rope, cables, or wires. The term is most common in technical or craft contexts, for example tretrådig garn (three-stranded yarn), tretrådig rep (three-stranded rope), and tretrådig kabel (three-conductor cable).

In textile labeling, tretrådig may indicate that a product consists of three individual threads twisted or braided together, as opposed to single-stranded or multi-stranded with more than three strands. The word is formed from the numeral tre 'three' and the noun tråd 'thread' plus the adjectival suffix -ig. It is related to other composite forms such as fyrtrådig (four-stranded) and sextrådig (six-thread).

The term is primarily descriptive and generally used when precision about construction matters for function or performance. In everyday language, people may simply refer to the material by its specific name (for example garn or rep), but tretrådig remains standard in catalogs, manuals, and technical descriptions. See also related terms in other Scandinavian languages that describe multi-stranded constructions in similar contexts.