Elforbruget og elprisen stiger.

Because Danish normally writes compound nouns as a single word.

• elforbrug = el

  • forbrug
  • el = electricity
  • forbrug = consumption/use

• elpris = el

  • pris
  • pris = price

So instead of writing something like electricity consumption as two separate words, Danish usually joins the parts together into one compound noun.

They are the definite article endings, meaning the.

So:

• elforbrug = electricity consumption

• elforbruget = the electricity consumption

• elpris = electricity price
• elprisen = the electricity price

Unlike English, Danish often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word in front.

Because Danish nouns belong to different grammatical genders.

• elforbrug is a neuter noun, so the definite singular ending is -et

  • elforbrug → elforbruget

• elpris is a common-gender noun, so the definite singular ending is -en

  • elpris → elprisen

This is a very common pattern in Danish:

• common gender: -en
• neuter: -et

Because in Danish, the definite article is usually attached to the noun itself.

So English says:

• the electricity consumption
• the electricity price

But Danish says:

• elforbruget
• elprisen

The idea of the is already built into those forms, so no extra word is needed.

Og means and.

So:

• elforbruget og elprisen = the electricity consumption and the electricity price

Stiger is the present tense of the verb stige, which means to rise, to increase, or to go up.

So:

• stige = to rise
• stiger = rises / is rising / are rising

In this sentence, stiger means that both things are going up.

Because Danish verbs do not change form for singular and plural subjects in the present tense.

English says:

• the price rises
• the prices rise

But Danish uses the same present-tense verb form:

• prisen stiger
• priserne stiger

So even though elforbruget og elprisen refers to two things, stiger still stays the same.

It can cover both, depending on context.

Danish present tense is often broader than English:

• stiger can mean rises
• stiger can also mean is rising / are rising

So Elforbruget og elprisen stiger can naturally be understood as:

• The electricity consumption and the electricity price rise
• The electricity consumption and the electricity price are rising

English usually chooses whichever sounds more natural in context.

Because this is a normal Danish main clause with standard word order:

Subject + verb

Here:

• Elforbruget og elprisen = subject
• stiger = verb

So the structure is:

Elforbruget og elprisen + stiger

This is the basic pattern in simple Danish statements.

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

So if another element comes first, the verb still stays second:

• Elforbruget og elprisen stiger.
• I år stiger elforbruget og elprisen. = This year, electricity consumption and the electricity price are rising.

Notice that when I år comes first, stiger still stays in second position.

Yes. It is a normal noun, even though it refers to an abstract concept.

It works like other Danish nouns:

• indefinite: elforbrug
• definite: elforbruget

The same goes for elpris:

• indefinite: elpris
• definite: elprisen

So grammatically, they behave just like ordinary nouns.

It would be:

Elforbrug og elpris stiger.

But that sounds less natural in many contexts, because Danish often prefers the definite form when talking about specific, known things such as the electricity consumption and the electricity price in a particular situation.

So Elforbruget og elprisen stiger is likely the more natural version here.

A rough guide is:

• stiger ≈ STEE-er or STY-er, depending on how closely you want to imitate Danish pronunciation

A few important points:

• the g is not pronounced like a hard English g in go
• the ending -er is usually quite light
• the word is pronounced more smoothly than an English learner may expect

If you are learning pronunciation, it is best to listen to native audio, because Danish spelling and pronunciation do not always match in an obvious way.

It could be either. Danish present tense allows both interpretations.

Depending on context, the sentence can mean:

• a current development: The electricity consumption and the electricity price are rising
• a more general statement or trend: Electricity consumption and the electricity price rise

In real life, context tells you which meaning is intended.