Bøffen er stadig rå.

Because bøffen is the definite singular form: the steak.

In Danish, you often make a noun definite by adding the article to the end of the noun:

• en bøf = a steak
• bøffen = the steak

This is very common in Danish. So the sentence is talking about a specific steak, not just any steak.

The ending -en is the usual definite ending for many common gender nouns.

Here, the base noun is:

• en bøf = a steak

And the definite form becomes:

• bøf + en = bøffen = the steak

Notice that the spelling also doubles the f: bøf → bøffen. That is just part of the normal written form.

A rough guide is BUH-fen, but with a Danish ø sound that does not exist exactly in English.

A few points:

• ø is a rounded vowel, somewhat similar to the vowel in French deux or German schön
• ff sounds like a normal f
• -en is pronounced like a light -en / -n ending, depending on accent and speech style

So bøffen is approximately BØF-en.

If you are an English speaker, the hardest part is usually ø.

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

So:

• jeg er = I am
• du er = you are
• han/hun er = he/she is
• bøffen er = the steak is

In this sentence, er links the subject bøffen with the description rå.

Stadig means still.

So Bøffen er stadig rå means that the steak was raw before, and it continues to be raw now.

Compare:

• Bøffen er rå = The steak is raw
• Bøffen er stadig rå = The steak is still raw

So stadig adds the idea of continuation.

Because stadig is an adverb, and it modifies the whole description er rå.

The structure is:

• Bøffen = subject
• er = verb
• stadig = adverb
• rå = adjective/complement

This placement is very natural in Danish:

• Han er stadig syg = He is still sick
• Maden er stadig varm = The food is still warm

So stadig usually comes after the verb er and before the adjective.

Here rå is a predicate adjective after er, and it agrees with the noun in a certain way.

Because bøffen comes from en bøf (a common gender singular noun), the adjective appears in its basic form:

• en rå bøf = a raw steak
• Bøffen er rå = The steak is raw

So rå is the correct form here.

Yes. Danish adjectives can change depending on gender, number, and whether they are used before a noun or after a verb.

With rå, common forms include:

• en rå bøf = a raw steak
• et råt æg = a raw egg
• rå grøntsager = raw vegetables
• Bøffen er rå = The steak is raw
• Ægget er råt = The egg is raw
• Grøntsagerne er rå = The vegetables are raw

So in your sentence, rå matches bøffen correctly.

Because after er, Danish often puts the descriptive word after the verb, just like English does:

• The steak is raw
• Bøffen er rå

When you add stadig, it goes between the verb and the adjective:

• Bøffen er stadig rå

So the order is very similar to English here.

Yes, but the normal neutral word order is:

• Bøffen er stadig rå

Danish is a V2 language, which means the finite verb usually comes in second position in main clauses.

You can move another element to the front for emphasis, but then the verb still stays second:

• Stadig er bøffen rå — possible, but marked and less neutral

A learner should treat Bøffen er stadig rå as the standard version.

Yes. Rå can also mean things like:

• rough
• crude
• harsh
• raw in a non-food sense

For example, depending on context, it can describe language, weather, or an emotional style. But in Bøffen er stadig rå, the food meaning is clearly intended.

So context tells you which sense of rå is meant.