Målfeltet er der.

Because -et is the definite article for many neuter nouns in Danish.

So:

• et målfelt = a/the goal area / target field in the indefinite form
• målfeltet = the goal area / the target field in the definite form

Unlike English, Danish often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

The form målfeltet tells you that it is neuter, because the definite ending is -et.

The usual pattern is:

• en noun → definite -en
• et noun → definite -et

So if the indefinite form is et målfelt, the definite form becomes målfeltet.

In Danish, the definite article is usually attached to the noun as a suffix.

So instead of saying something like the goal area, Danish commonly says:

• målfeltet

This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice. Danish does have separate words like den/det/de, but in a simple sentence like this, the attached ending is the normal choice.

Here, der means there, referring to a place or location.

So in this sentence, der is an adverb of place. It tells you where the subject is.

That is different from other uses of der in Danish, where it can also appear in expressions like der er meaning there is / there are.

In Målfeltet er der, it is simply the locational there.

This is the normal word order for a basic Danish main clause:

• subject + verb + adverb/complement

So:

• Målfeltet = subject
• er = verb
• der = place adverb

This works very much like English The goal area is there.

Also, Danish is a V2 language, which means the finite verb usually comes in the second position in main clauses. Since the subject comes first here, the verb er comes next.

Yes. Er is the present tense of at være = to be.

So:

• jeg er = I am
• du er = you are
• han/hun/det er = he/she/it is

In this sentence, er means is.

Usually not if you mean the same thing.

Målfeltet er der means The goal area is there: the subject is målfeltet, and der tells you its location.

Der er målfeltet would sound marked or unnatural in most ordinary contexts, because der at the beginning often leads to a different structure, especially the existential pattern der er = there is/there are.

So if you want the straightforward meaning, Målfeltet er der is the natural sentence.

• der = there
• her = here

So:

• Målfeltet er der = The goal area is there
• Målfeltet er her = The goal area is here

English speakers sometimes mix these up at first, but the contrast is very direct.

No.

• der usually means there or has a grammatical function in structures like der er
• det usually means it or that

So:

• Målfeltet er der = The goal area is there
• Det er målfeltet = It is the goal area / that is the goal area

They are very different words and are not interchangeable.

Yes. It is a compound noun:

• mål
• felt
• -et

So Danish builds one long noun and then adds the definite ending at the end. This is very common in Danish.

A useful thing to remember is that in Danish compounds, the last part usually determines the grammatical gender. Since felt is neuter, the whole compound is neuter too, which is why the definite ending is -et.

Not if you want the same complete meaning.

Målfeltet er der is a full sentence meaning that the goal area is in that place.

If you say only Målfeltet er, the sentence feels unfinished, because er needs something after it here.

So der is necessary to complete the idea.

It is neutral and perfectly ordinary Danish.

There is nothing especially formal, literary, or slang-like about it. It is just a simple statement about location.