Learn Danish: Maden bliver leveret til hotellet. - The food is delivered to the hotel.

This is the difference between an action and a state. We use the blive-passive to focus on the action happening. Maden bliver leveret means the delivery is taking place right now. If you said Maden er leveret, you would be describing a finished state, meaning the food has already been delivered and is sitting there.

Could we use the s-passive and say Maden leveres instead?

Yes, you could! Both bliver leveret and leveres mean "is delivered". The blive-passive is used more often in spoken Danish for specific actions happening in the moment. The s-passive (leveres) is more common in writing, formal announcements, or when describing general routines.

How is the word leveret formed here?

It is the past participle of the verb at levere (to deliver). To make the blive-passive, you always combine a form of at blive (here, the present tense bliver) with the past participle of your main verb.

Why does the word for "the hotel" have a double l in hotellet?

Hotel is an et-word, so we add -et to the end to mean "the hotel". Because the word ends in a single consonant following a short vowel sound, we have to double that final consonant before adding the ending. This spelling rule helps keep the vowel sound short.