Fabrikktilbakestillingen utsettes i påvente av sikkerhetskopien.

The factory reset is postponed while awaiting the backup.

Breakdown of Fabrikktilbakestillingen utsettes i påvente av sikkerhetskopien.

• utsette: to postpone
• sikkerhetskopien: the backup
• fabrikktilbakestillingen: the factory reset
• i påvente av: pending; while awaiting

Questions & Answers about Fabrikktilbakestillingen utsettes i påvente av sikkerhetskopien.

Why is Fabrikktilbakestillingen one long word?

Norwegian often forms compound nouns by writing them as a single word. So fabrikktilbakestilling is made up of:

• fabrikk = factory
• tilbakestilling = reset / resetting

Together, fabrikktilbakestilling means factory reset. This is very common in Norwegian, where English might use two separate words but Norwegian prefers one compound word.

Why does Fabrikktilbakestillingen end in -en?

The ending -en marks the noun as definite singular, so it means the factory reset, not just a factory reset.

The base noun is fabrikktilbakestilling.
With the definite ending, it becomes fabrikktilbakestillingen = the factory reset.

This is a typical Norwegian pattern:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

What gender is fabrikktilbakestilling, and how can I tell?

It is a feminine noun in principle, because tilbakestilling is feminine in many contexts. However, in Bokmål, many feminine nouns can also be treated as masculine, and that is very common.

That is why you may see:

• en fabrikktilbakestilling
• fabrikktilbakestillingen

Even if a noun is feminine, using the masculine definite ending -en is often perfectly normal in Bokmål. A fully feminine form like fabrikktilbakestillinga may also exist, but -en is very common and standard.