Det lykkes os at rykke fra startfeltet til målfeltet.

In this sentence, det is a formal/dummy subject. Danish often uses det with certain verbs, including lykkes.

So Det lykkes os at rykke ... literally looks like It succeeds for us to move ..., but natural English would be:

• We manage to move ...
• We succeed in moving ...

So det does not really mean a concrete it here; it is just part of the Danish sentence pattern.

Because after lykkes, Danish uses the object form of the pronoun, not the subject form.

So you get:

• det lykkes mig
• det lykkes dig
• det lykkes os
• det lykkes dem

Not:

• det lykkes jeg
• det lykkes vi

A good way to think about it is that os means for us / to us in this structure.

No. Here, lykkes is just the normal verb form. The dictionary form is at lykkes.

Some Danish verbs are simply -s verbs. So this is not the passive of another verb.

Useful forms:

• infinitive: at lykkes
• present: lykkes
• past: lykkedes
• perfect: er lykkedes

So Det lykkes os ... is just present tense: We succeed / We manage ...

At lykkes means to succeed, to work out, or to manage.

In this pattern, it usually means that someone succeeds in doing something:

• Det lykkes ham at åbne døren = He manages to open the door
• Det lykkes os at rykke ... = We manage to move ...

Compared with English, Danish often uses this more impersonal structure where English would simply use we manage or we succeed.

Because lykkes is followed by an infinitive clause telling you what the successful action is.

So:

• at rykke = to move

The pattern is:

• Det lykkes + someone + at + infinitive

For example:

• Det lykkes hende at finde nøglen = She manages to find the key
• Det lykkes os at rykke ... = We manage to move ...

In this context, rykke means to move or advance, especially in a game-like setting.

So rykke fra startfeltet til målfeltet means moving from the start square/space to the goal square/space.

Be aware that rykke can mean different things in other contexts, such as shift, move up, or pull out, so the exact meaning depends on context.

Danish normally writes compound nouns as one word.

So:

• startfelt = start + field/square
• målfelt = goal + field/square

The ending -et is the definite article for a singular neuter noun.

With felt:

• et felt = a field/square
• feltet = the field/square

So:

• startfeltet = the start square
• målfeltet = the goal square

Because fra and til are the normal prepositions for movement between two points:

• fra = from
• til = to

So:

• fra startfeltet til målfeltet = from the start square to the goal square

This is a very common pattern in Danish for showing movement or direction.

The sentence follows normal Danish main clause word order, where the finite verb usually comes in second position.

Structure:

• Det = first position
• lykkes = finite verb
• os = object-like pronoun
• at rykke fra startfeltet til målfeltet = infinitive clause

So the whole sentence is built very naturally for Danish:

• Det lykkes os at rykke fra startfeltet til målfeltet

If another element came first, the verb would still stay second:

• I dag lykkes det os at rykke fra startfeltet til målfeltet = Today we manage to move from the start square to the goal square