Netselskabet ejer elmåleren.

Because Danish normally writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• net = network/grid
• selskab = company

Together they make netselskab = grid company / network company, and then the definite ending is added:

• netselskab = a grid company
• netselskabet = the grid company

This is very common in Danish. English sometimes uses separate words where Danish prefers one compound word.

No, not in this sentence.

Here net refers to the electricity network or grid, not the internet. In an energy context, netselskab means the company responsible for the power grid/distribution network.

So the word is about utilities, not computers.

In Danish, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of standing as a separate word.

So:

• et netselskab = a grid company
• netselskabet = the grid company

and

• en elmåler = an electricity meter
• elmåleren = the electricity meter

This is one of the biggest differences from English noun structure.

Because Danish nouns have grammatical gender, and the definite ending depends on the gender.

• et netselskab → netselskabet
• en elmåler → elmåleren

Very roughly:

• -et is used for neuter nouns
• -en is used for common gender nouns

So the two nouns have different genders, which is why their definite endings are different.

In Danish compounds, the last part usually determines the gender.

• netselskab ends in selskab, and selskab is a neuter noun: et selskab
• elmåler ends in måler, and måler is a common-gender noun: en måler

So:

• et netselskab
• en elmåler

This is a very useful rule for compound nouns in Danish.

Ejer is the present tense of the verb eje, which means to own.

So:

• at eje = to own
• ejer = own / owns

Unlike English, Danish does not change the present-tense verb for different persons:

• jeg ejer
• du ejer
• han/hun ejer
• vi ejer

The verb form stays the same.

Because ejer specifically means owns, while har means has.

That difference matters:

• har can mean simple possession or having something available
• ejer means legal or actual ownership

In a sentence about a company and a meter, ownership is the important idea, so ejer is the natural verb.

Yes, in this simple statement it is very similar:

• Netselskabet = subject
• ejer = verb
• elmåleren = object

So the pattern is:

subject + verb + object

However, Danish has a strong verb-second rule in main clauses. That means if another element comes first, the verb still stays in second position:

• I Danmark ejer netselskabet elmåleren.

And in a yes/no question:

• Ejer netselskabet elmåleren?

So this sentence looks English-like, but Danish word order has its own rules underneath.

The forms you would usually look up are:

• et netselskab
• at eje
• en elmåler

Dictionaries normally give nouns in the indefinite singular with their article (en or et) and verbs in the infinitive with at.

So if you want to learn from this sentence, those are the key base forms to remember.

Elmåleren is another compound noun:

• el = electricity
• måler = meter
• elmåler = electricity meter
• elmåleren = the electricity meter

The letter å is a vowel that often sounds somewhat like the vowel in law for many English speakers, though the exact Danish sound is not identical.

Also, Danish compounds usually have their main stress near the first part, so ELmåler is stressed early in the word.

Not if you mean this same specific sentence.

In the given sentence, both nouns are definite:

• netselskabet = the grid company
• elmåleren = the electricity meter

If you remove the endings, you change the meaning to something more indefinite or dictionary-like, and it would not sound right as a normal sentence in this context.

Compare:

• Netselskabet ejer elmåleren. = specific company, specific meter
• Et netselskab ejer en elmåler. = a company owns a meter, more general/indefinite