Grøntsagsspyddet er klart.

Because Danish normally writes compound nouns as one word.

Here, the compound is:

• grøntsag = vegetable
• spyd = skewer / spit

So grøntsagsspyd is one compound noun meaning vegetable skewer. In Danish, the last part of a compound is the main part, and it decides things like gender and inflection.

That is because Danish often uses a linking s in compounds.

So the structure is basically:

• grøntsag
• linking -s-
• spyd

This gives grøntsagsspyd. Since spyd already starts with s, you end up seeing ss.

In Danish, the definite article is often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word in front.

Compare:

• et grøntsagsspyd = a vegetable skewer
• grøntsagsspyddet = the vegetable skewer

So the ending -et is doing the job that the does in English.

Because the basic noun is an et-word:

• et spyd
• therefore et grøntsagsspyd

Since the last part of the compound is spyd, the whole compound is also an et-word. The definite singular of many et-words is made with -et, so:

• et grøntsagsspyd
• grøntsagsspyddet

A good dictionary form to learn is et grøntsagsspyd.

Because klar has to agree with the noun.

After er, Danish adjectives still change form depending on what they describe:

• klar = common gender singular
• klart = neuter singular
• klare = plural

Since grøntsagsspyd is a neuter singular noun, the correct form is klart.

Because without an adjective before the noun, Danish normally uses the suffixed definite form:

• grøntsagsspyddet

A separate definite article is usually used when there is an adjective before the noun. For example:

• det klare grøntsagsspyd

So grøntsagsspyddet is the normal standalone way to say the vegetable skewer.

Er is the present tense of at være, meaning to be.

The sentence structure is completely normal:

• Grøntsagsspyddet = subject
• er = verb
• klart = subject complement / predicate adjective

So the pattern is basically subject + is + adjective, just like in English.

A few sounds may feel unfamiliar to an English speaker:

• ø has no exact English equivalent; it is similar to German ö or the vowel in French peur
• y in spyd is like German ü or French u
• the final -et is usually pronounced weakly
• the d sound in words like this is not a strong English d

The best strategy is usually to learn the word as a whole sound pattern, not letter by letter.

Not always. Klar can mean things like:

• ready
• prepared
• finished
• clear

In Grøntsagsspyddet er klart, the natural meaning is ready. In another context, klart could mean clear instead.