Fabrikktilbakestillingen utsettes i påvente av sikkerhetskopien.

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.

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

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.

Utsettes means is postponed, is delayed, or is put off.

It comes from the verb å utsette, which means to postpone or to delay.

So:

• å utsette noe = to postpone something
• utsettes = is being postponed / is postponed

In this sentence, it is being used in a passive-style form, so the focus is on what happens to the factory reset, not on who is doing the postponing.

The -s form is a common way to express the passive in Norwegian.

So:

• De utsetter fabrikktilbakestillingen = They postpone the factory reset
• Fabrikktilbakestillingen utsettes = The factory reset is postponed

English usually uses is postponed, with be + past participle. Norwegian often uses the -s passive instead.

I påvente av means pending, while waiting for, or in anticipation of.

In this sentence, it means the factory reset is postponed until something else is ready or completed.

You can think of it as:

• i påvente av sikkerhetskopien = pending the backup
• more naturally in English: while waiting for the backup

This is a somewhat formal expression, and you often see it in technical or official language.

Because i påvente av is a fixed expression. The preposition av belongs to the phrase.

So you should learn it as a whole unit:

• i påvente av noe = pending something / while waiting for something

Even if av might not match how English would phrase it, it is the normal Norwegian structure.

Sikkerhetskopien means the backup, with the definite ending -en.

The sentence is referring to a specific backup, probably one already known from the context, such as the backup currently being created before the reset.

So:

• en sikkerhetskopi = a backup
• sikkerhetskopien = the backup

Norwegian often uses the definite form when the thing is specific or understood from the situation.

Yes, literally it is made from:

• sikkerhet = security / safety
• kopi = copy

But in actual usage, sikkerhetskopi means backup. This is the standard Norwegian word for a backup copy of data.

So while the literal parts are transparent, the normal translation here is simply backup.

Because the sentence is focused on the event itself, not the person or system doing it. This is very common in technical instructions, interface messages, and formal writing.

Using the passive makes the sentence sound neutral and impersonal:

• Fabrikktilbakestillingen utsettes = The factory reset is postponed

This is similar to English system language like The operation was cancelled or Update postponed.

The word order is quite straightforward:

• Fabrikktilbakestillingen = subject
• utsettes = verb
• i påvente av sikkerhetskopien = prepositional phrase explaining why or under what condition

So the structure is basically:

The factory reset + is postponed + pending the backup

This is normal Norwegian main-clause word order, with the finite verb in second position.

Yes. I påvente av sounds a bit formal or technical. In everyday speech, someone might say something like:

• Fabrikktilbakestillingen utsettes mens vi venter på sikkerhetskopien.
• Fabrikktilbakestillingen utsettes til sikkerhetskopien er klar.

These feel more conversational.

The original sentence is perfectly natural, but it sounds like something you might read in a device interface, IT message, or formal notice.