Spillebrikken står her.

The playing piece is here.

Breakdown of Spillebrikken står her.

• stå: to stand
• her: here
• spillebrikken: the playing piece

Questions & Answers about Spillebrikken står her.

Why is spillebrikken written as one word?

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

Why isn’t there a separate word for the?

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.

What is the dictionary form of spillebrikken?