Databrillen legges på bordet under mikropausen.

Databrillen is a compound noun: data + brillen.

In Norwegian, compound nouns are usually written as one word, much more often than in English. So where English might use something like computer glasses or smart glasses, Norwegian combines the parts into a single noun.

The ending -en shows that the noun is definite singular, so databrillen means the computer glasses / the smart glasses.

Related forms:

• en databrille = a computer/smart glass device
• databrillen = the computer/smart glass device

Depending on context, databrillen can sound a bit technical or product-like.

Because databrillen is singular definite, while databrillene would be plural definite.

So:

• en databrille = a computer/smart glass device
• databrillen = the computer/smart glass device
• databriller = computer/smart glass devices
• databrillene = the computer/smart glass devices

The sentence is talking about one item, not several.

Legges is the present passive form of legge, which means to lay / to put / to place.

So legges means:

• is put
• is placed
• is laid

In this sentence, Databrillen legges på bordet means that the glasses are placed on the table.

A very important distinction in Norwegian is:

• å legge = to put/place something somewhere
• å ligge = to lie / be located somewhere

So:

• Databrillen legges på bordet = The glasses are being placed on the table.
• Databrillen ligger på bordet = The glasses are lying on the table.

The -s ending is a common way to make the passive voice in Norwegian.

Compare:

• Jeg legger databrillen på bordet. = I put the glasses on the table.
• Databrillen legges på bordet. = The glasses are put on the table.

This -s passive is especially common in:

• instructions
• formal writing
• descriptions of routines
• neutral statements where the doer is not important

So the sentence focuses on what happens to the glasses, not on who puts them there.

Because Norwegian, like English, often uses the passive when the agent is unknown, unimportant, obvious, or intentionally left out.

Here the point is simply that the glasses are placed on the table during the micro-break. The sentence does not need to say whether it is:

• the user,
• a worker,
• a technician,
• or someone else.

This makes the sentence sound more neutral and procedural.

Yes. Databrillen blir lagt på bordet is also correct.

Both are passive, but there is a slight difference in style:

• Databrillen legges på bordet = a concise -s passive, often used in formal, instructional, or routine-style language
• Databrillen blir lagt på bordet = a bli-passive, often a bit more explicit or conversational

In many contexts, they mean almost the same thing.

Very roughly:

• -s passive often sounds more compact and impersonal
• bli-passive often sounds a little more like an event happening

På bordet means on the table.

Breakdown:

• på = on
• bordet = the table

The noun bord is a neuter noun:

• et bord = a table
• bordet = the table

So på bordet literally means on the table.

In this sentence, English would often naturally say onto the table, because there is movement involved: the glasses are being placed there.

But Norwegian usually still uses på.

So:

• legges på bordet = is placed on/onto the table

The verb legge already tells you there is movement or placement, so Norwegian does not need a special word like English onto as often.

Bordet is the definite form: the table.
Et bord is the indefinite form: a table.

So:

• på et bord = on a table
• på bordet = on the table

The sentence uses bordet because it refers to a specific table, probably one already known from the situation or context.

Mikropausen means the micro-break:

• en mikropause = a micro-break
• mikropausen = the micro-break

Using the definite form suggests a specific micro-break that is understood in the context, or a routine break already known to the listener.

So:

• under en mikropause = during a micro-break, any micro-break
• under mikropausen = during the micro-break, a specific one

Here under means during, not physically under something.

In Norwegian, under can refer to time, just like English can in some formal expressions.

So:

• under møtet = during the meeting
• under pausen = during the break
• under mikropausen = during the micro-break

It is a very normal use of under.

Yes, it is completely normal.

The structure is:

• Databrillen = subject
• legges = verb
• på bordet = place
• under mikropausen = time

So the sentence follows a standard Norwegian pattern: subject + verb + place + time

You could move elements around for emphasis, but this version is natural and straightforward.

Because Norwegian usually marks definiteness by adding an ending to the noun, instead of using a separate word like the.

So English says:

• the glasses

Norwegian often says:

• brillen
• databrillen

That final -en does the job that the does in English.

Not especially in general everyday speech. It sounds like a technical or product-related compound, and it would depend on the context.

A learner should mainly notice the pattern:

• Norwegian likes to build long compound nouns
• the last part carries the grammatical ending

So in databrillen, the main noun is brille/brillen, and data- describes what kind of glasses it is.

Even if a specific compound is uncommon, the structure itself is very Norwegian.

Then you would probably use ligger instead of legges.

Compare:

• Databrillen legges på bordet.
  = The glasses are put/placed on the table.

• Databrillen ligger på bordet.
  = The glasses are lying/on the table.

So:

• legges = placement happens
• ligger = location/state after placement

This is a very important Norwegian verb distinction that English often does not mark as clearly.