Nogen har hævet pengene.

Here nogen means someone.

In Danish, nogen can mean someone / anybody / anyone, depending on context. In this sentence, because it is a normal affirmative statement, the natural English meaning is someone:

• Nogen har hævet pengene. = Someone has withdrawn the money.

Har hævet is the present perfect, formed with:

• har = has/have
• hævet = past participle

So:

• Nogen har hævet pengene. = Someone has withdrawn the money.

This usually suggests a completed action that is relevant now.

By contrast:

• Nogen hævede pengene. = Someone withdrew the money.

That is the simple past and sounds more like a finished event in the past, without the same present relevance.

The base form is at hæve, which means things like to withdraw, to raise, or to lift, depending on context.

The forms are:

• infinitive: at hæve
• present: hæver
• past: hævede
• past participle: hævet

So in this sentence:

• har hævet = has withdrawn

Yes. Hæve is a very common Danish verb with several meanings, such as:

• withdraw money
• raise something
• lift something
• in some contexts, cancel or revoke

So the exact meaning depends on the object and the situation.

With pengene, one very common meaning is withdraw the money, especially from a bank account or ATM.

Penge means money, and it behaves as a plural form in Danish.
Pengene is the definite form, meaning the money.

So:

• penge = money
• pengene = the money

In this sentence, pengene tells us that it is a specific amount of money already known from the context.

Grammatically, it is treated like a plural-only noun in Danish.

That means Danish normally uses penge rather than a singular form for money. This can feel strange to English speakers, because English money is singular.

Examples:

• Jeg har ingen penge. = I have no money.
• Hvor er pengene? = Where is the money?

So even though English uses singular money, Danish uses penge/pengene.

Because nogen is the subject: the person doing the action is unknown.

The basic Danish word order in a main clause is:

• subject + verb + rest

So:

• Nogen = subject
• har = finite verb
• hævet pengene = rest of the predicate

That makes Nogen har hævet pengene a very normal, neutral sentence.

Because Danish, like English, uses an auxiliary verb plus a past participle in the perfect tense.

Pattern:

• har
  • past participle

So:

• har hævet = has withdrawn

This is directly comparable to English:

• has withdrawn

The first verb, har, is the one that changes for tense. The participle hævet stays the same.

In Danish, most verbs form the perfect tense with har.

Only some intransitive verbs of movement or change of state used to take er more often, and in modern Danish har is overwhelmingly the normal auxiliary.

Since hæve is a regular action verb, the correct form is:

• har hævet

not:

• er hævet in this meaning

No, not always. It depends on the sentence type.

Common uses include:

• Nogen kommer. = Someone is coming.
• Kender du nogen her? = Do you know anyone here?
• Jeg har ikke set nogen. = I haven’t seen anyone.

So in statements it often means someone, while in questions and negatives it often corresponds to anyone.

Usually no, not if you mean someone.

• nogen is used for someone / anyone
• nogle usually means some / a few and refers more clearly to plural people or things

So:

• Nogen har hævet pengene. = Someone has withdrawn the money.
• Nogle har hævet pengene. would mean something like Some people have withdrawn the money, which is a different idea.

A rough guide is:

• hævet ≈ HEH-vuth

A few points for English speakers:

• æ is a front vowel, somewhat like the vowel in bed, but not exactly the same
• the second e is unstressed and reduced
• the final t is usually quite soft in normal speech

The word har is often pronounced very lightly in connected speech too.

A rough guide is:

• pengene ≈ PENG-uh-nuh

Things to notice:

• the first syllable is stressed: PEN-
• the g is pronounced as a hard g here
• the last two e sounds are weak, schwa-like sounds

In natural speech, the word is often said quite smoothly and lightly after the stressed first syllable.

It is neutral and completely normal in both spoken and written Danish.

It does not sound especially formal or especially casual. It is just a straightforward statement:

• Nogen har hævet pengene.

That makes it a very useful model sentence for learning everyday Danish grammar.