Kontobevægelsen står på kontoudtoget.

Because they are in the definite form.

In Danish, you usually make a noun definite by adding the article to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word in front:

• en kontobevægelse = a transaction / an account movement
• kontobevægelsen = the transaction

And:

• et kontoudtog = a bank statement / account statement
• kontoudtoget = the bank statement

The ending depends on the noun’s gender:

• common gender nouns often take -en
• neuter nouns often take -et

So here:

• kontobevægelse is common gender → kontobevægelsen
• kontoudtog is neuter → kontoudtoget

You have to learn the gender of each noun together with the noun itself.

For this sentence:

• en kontobevægelse
• et kontoudtog

A good habit is to memorize nouns with their article:

• en konto
• en bevægelse
• et kontoudtog

That helps you build correct definite forms and adjectives later.

Yes, literally står means stands, but in Danish it is also used in several extended senses.

In this sentence, står på kontoudtoget means something like:

• is listed on the statement
• appears on the statement
• is written on the statement

This is very natural Danish. Danish often uses verbs like stå, ligge, and sidde in ways that do not translate literally into English.

So:

• Det står i bogen. = It says so in the book.
• Det står på hjemmesiden. = It’s on the website / It says so on the website.

Because Danish commonly uses på for something written or appearing on a surface, document, website, list, or statement.

Examples:

• på papiret = on the paper
• på listen = on the list
• på hjemmesiden = on the website
• på kontoudtoget = on the bank statement

So this matches English quite well here.

Yes, it is a normal Danish compound noun.

It is made from:

• konto = account
• bevægelse = movement

So literally it is something like account movement, which in banking English is often better rendered as:

• transaction
• entry
• account activity

Danish uses compound nouns very freely, much more than English does in many cases.

Because Danish, like German, often writes compound nouns as one word.

So:

• konto
  • bevægelse → kontobevægelse
• konto
  • udtog → kontoudtog

Then the definite ending is added to the whole compound:

• kontobevægelsen
• kontoudtoget

This is completely standard in Danish spelling.

The sentence has normal Danish main clause word order:

• Kontobevægelsen = subject
• står = verb
• på kontoudtoget = prepositional phrase

So the pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Other information

That is the same basic order as English here:

The transaction + appears/is listed + on the statement

Yes, you probably could, depending on context.

• transaktion is a common banking word and often feels more directly like English transaction
• kontobevægelse is also common, especially in banking/account interfaces, and can feel a bit more technical or system-based

So both may be possible, but kontobevægelse is especially natural in financial/account contexts.

It would be:

En kontobevægelse står på et kontoudtog.

That means:

• a transaction appears on a bank statement

But in real usage, the definite version often sounds more natural if you are talking about a specific transaction and a specific statement:

• Kontobevægelsen står på kontoudtoget.

The plural forms are:

• en kontobevægelse → kontobevægelser → kontobevægelserne
• et kontoudtog → kontoudtog → kontoudtogene

Examples:

• Kontobevægelserne står på kontoudtoget.
  The transactions appear on the statement.

• Kontobevægelsen står på kontoudtogene.
  The transaction appears on the statements.

Notice that kontoudtog has the same form in singular indefinite and plural indefinite.

A rough guide is:

• konto ≈ KON-to
• udtog ≈ something like OO-dtoh or OO-dtog
• kontoudtoget ≈ KON-to-oo-dtoh-ed

A few important points:

• Danish pronunciation is often less phonetic than spelling suggests
• the d in some positions may sound softer than an English d
• the final -et in kontoudtoget is usually unstressed

If you are learning pronunciation, it is best to hear this in a dictionary or text-to-speech tool, because Danish sound reduction can be strong.

Yes, depending on nuance.

Possible alternatives include:

• er på kontoudtoget = is on the statement
• fremgår af kontoudtoget = appears from / is shown on the statement
• er anført på kontoudtoget = is listed on the statement

But står på kontoudtoget is very idiomatic and natural.

A rough comparison:

• står på = everyday, natural
• fremgår af = more formal
• er anført på = formal/administrative

Because Danish usually attaches the definite article to the noun itself.

So instead of saying a separate word like English the, Danish often says:

• bogen = the book
• kontoen = the account
• kontoudtoget = the statement

A separate determiner such as den, det, or de is mainly used when there is also an adjective or when the structure requires it.

For example:

• kontoudtoget = the statement
• det nye kontoudtog = the new statement

It is natural Danish.

Especially in banking, finance, and administrative language, sentences like this are very common. A Danish speaker would understand it easily as meaning that the transaction is shown or listed on the account statement.

So although the literal meaning of står is stands, the full sentence is idiomatic and normal.