Databehandleren oppdaget feilsendingen i går.

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Breakdown of Databehandleren oppdaget feilsendingen i går.

• oppdage: to discover
• databehandleren: the data processor
• feilsendingen: the misdirected message

Questions & Answers about Databehandleren oppdaget feilsendingen i går.

Why do databehandleren and feilsendingen end in -en?

Because -en is the usual definite singular ending for many common-gender nouns in Norwegian Bokmål.

• databehandler = a data processor / the person or company processing data
• databehandleren = the data processor

And:

• feilsending = an incorrect sending / misdirected transmission
• feilsendingen = the incorrect sending / the misdirected transmission

Unlike English, Norwegian often puts definiteness at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

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What is the base form of databehandleren?

The base form is databehandler.

This is a compound noun:

• data = data
• behandler = handler, processor, someone/something that deals with something

So databehandler literally means something like data handler/processor. In legal or technical contexts, it can also mean a data processor in the GDPR sense.

With the definite ending:

• databehandler = a data processor
• databehandleren = the data processor

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