Spillebrikken står her.

Because Danish normally writes compounds as a single word.
Here, spillebrik is made from:

• spille- = game / playing
• brik = piece, counter, token

So spillebrik means game piece or token.

Then Danish adds the definite ending -en to make it spillebrikken = the game piece.

So the whole word breaks down like this:

spillebrik → spillebrikken
game piece → the game piece

In Danish, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of appearing as a separate word before it.

So:

• en spillebrik = a game piece
• spillebrikken = the game piece

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

A useful extra point: if there is an adjective, Danish usually uses a separate article too:

• den røde spillebrik = the red game piece

But in your sentence there is no adjective, so spillebrikken by itself is enough.

The dictionary form is en spillebrik.

That tells you two things:

• the basic singular noun is spillebrik
• it is a common gender noun, because it takes en

Its common forms are:

• en spillebrik = a game piece
• spillebrikken = the game piece
• spillebrikker = game pieces
• spillebrikkerne = the game pieces

This is a very common Danish pattern. Danish often prefers a position verb for physical objects, where English would often just use is.

Here, står is the present tense of stå = stand.

So Spillebrikken står her literally means something like:

The game piece stands here.

In natural English, you would usually translate that as The game piece is here, but Danish often likes to describe the object’s position more specifically.

For an upright object, stå is very natural.

Not always. It depends on how the object is positioned.

Danish commonly distinguishes between:

• står = stands upright
• ligger = lies flat
• sidder = is fixed/attached/in place

So if the game piece is upright on the board, står makes sense.
If it has fallen over and is lying flat, Danish might prefer ligger.

This is one of those places where Danish is more physically specific than English.

The basic word order is:

subject + verb + adverb

So:

• Spillebrikken = subject
• står = verb
• her = adverb

That gives:

Spillebrikken står her.

Danish main clauses follow the verb-second rule, often called V2. That means the finite verb usually comes in the second position.

So you can also say:

Her står spillebrikken.
= Here is the game piece.

That sounds natural too, because her is moved to the front and the verb still stays in second position.

Her means here.

In this sentence, it tells you the location of the game piece.

The most neutral version is:

Spillebrikken står her.

But because Danish allows fronting for emphasis, you can also say:

Her står spillebrikken.

That version emphasizes here a bit more, like Here is the game piece or The game piece is here with focus on the location.

Står is the present tense of stå.

Some useful forms are:

• stå = to stand
• står = stands / is standing
• stod = stood / was standing
• har stået = has stood / has been standing

So Spillebrikken står her is a present-tense sentence.

A rough learner-friendly guide would be:

• spillebrikken ≈ SPIL-uh-brik-en
• står ≈ something like staw/stor with a long vowel
• her ≈ roughly hair, but usually lighter and less heavy than in English

A few important notes:

• Danish pronunciation is often more reduced than the spelling suggests.
• The r sounds are not the same as strong English r sounds.
• står has a distinctly Danish vowel quality that does not match English exactly.

So a rough approximation is fine at first, but it is best to listen to native audio if possible.

Yes. Spillebrik can also be used figuratively.

It can mean someone who is being used by other people in a larger plan, similar to:

• pawn
• tool
• someone else’s piece in the game

But in Spillebrikken står her, the most natural reading is the literal one: an actual game piece or token.