Han lyver om prisen.

Lyver is the present tense of lyve, which means to lie in the sense of to say something untrue.

• at lyve = to lie
• lyver = lie / is lying

So in this sentence, Han lyver om prisen uses the present tense form lyver.

It can mean either one, depending on context.

Danish present tense often covers both:

• He lies about the price (habitual / general)
• He is lying about the price (right now / in this situation)

Unlike English, Danish usually does not need a special progressive form like is lying. The context tells you which meaning is intended.

Because lyve om is the normal way to say lie about something.

Here, om means about.

• lyve om noget = to lie about something

So:

• Han lyver om prisen = He is lying about the price

This is a common verb + preposition combination, so it is best learned as a unit: lyve om.

Prisen is the definite form, meaning the price.

In Danish, definiteness is often added as an ending:

• en pris = a price
• prisen = the price

So prisen is made from pris + -en.

The sentence uses the price, not a price, so Danish uses prisen.

Because Danish usually puts the at the end of the noun as a suffix.

Compare:

• English: the price
• Danish: prisen

This is very common in Danish:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

So prisen already includes the idea of the.

Because han is the subject form, meaning he.

• han = he
• ham = him

In Han lyver om prisen, han is the one doing the action, so the subject form is needed.

Compare:

• Han lyver. = He lies.
• Jeg ser ham. = I see him.

Because lyver is a finite verb in the present tense, not an infinitive.

• at lyve = to lie
• han lyver = he lies / he is lying

Danish uses at with the infinitive, much like English to:

• Han prøver at lyve. = He tries to lie.

But in a normal present-tense statement, you do not use at:

• Han lyver om prisen.

Yes. This is the normal Danish main-clause word order:

• Han = subject
• lyver = verb
• om prisen = prepositional phrase

So the basic pattern is:

• Subject + verb + rest

Danish is also a V2 language, which means the finite verb usually comes second in main clauses. In this sentence, the subject comes first, so the verb follows it naturally:

• Han lyver om prisen.

If another element is put first, the verb still stays in second position:

• I dag lyver han om prisen. = Today he is lying about the price.

You usually add ikke after the finite verb in a main clause:

• Han lyver ikke om prisen. = He is not lying about the price.

So the pattern is:

• Han lyver ikke ...

This placement of ikke is very important in Danish word order.

A rough guide is something like LÜ-ver, but that is only approximate.

A few useful points:

• The y sound is not like English y in yes.
• It is more like the u in French tu or the German ü.
• The v in Danish is often softer than in English.

So lyver may be difficult at first because it contains a vowel that English does not really have.

If you want a practical learner tip: focus on hearing and copying the whole word, rather than trying to build it from English sounds.

Yes, om can mean several things depending on context. In this sentence, it means about.

Some common uses of om include:

• about / concerning
• if / whether
• in (with time, in some expressions)

But here, because it follows lyver, the meaning is clearly:

• lyve om noget = lie about something

So in Han lyver om prisen, om should be understood as about.

Normally, no. For this meaning, om is the natural choice.

• lyve om prisen = correct
• lyve omkring prisen = not the usual way to say it

Even if English sometimes allows variation like about or regarding, Danish often has one normal preposition that goes with a verb. Here that preposition is om.