Samlingsstedet er udenfor bygningen.

It is a compound noun, which is extremely common in Danish.

• samling = gathering / assembly
• sted = place
• samlingssted = gathering place / assembly point
• samlingsstedet = the assembly point

Danish very often joins nouns together into a single word where English might use two or more words.

In Danish, the definite article is usually added as a suffix to the noun.

• et sted = a place

• stedet = the place

• en bygning = a building
• bygningen = the building

So:

• samlingsstedet = the assembly point
• bygningen = the building

This is one of the biggest differences from English.

Because Danish nouns have grammatical gender.

• et sted → stedet
• en bygning → bygningen

So:

• sted is a neuter noun, so the definite ending is -et
• bygning is a common gender noun, so the definite ending is -en

English does not do this, so it often feels unfamiliar at first.

Because the sentence is talking about a specific building, not just any building.

• udenfor bygningen = outside the building
• udenfor en bygning = outside a building

If the meaning is already known to both speaker and listener, Danish normally uses the definite form.

Here, udenfor means outside.

So udenfor bygningen means outside the building.

It introduces a location, just like English outside does.

In everyday Danish, udenfor is very commonly written as one word when talking about physical location: outside.

You may also see uden for written as two words in some contexts or styles, but in a sentence like this, udenfor bygningen is a normal way to write outside the building.

For a learner, the safest takeaway is:

• udenfor = outside

Because Danish does not need it here.

English can say both:

• outside the building
• outside of the building

Danish simply uses:

• udenfor bygningen

So udenfor directly connects to the noun phrase. There is no separate word corresponding to English of in this sentence.

Yes. This is the normal word order for a simple Danish main clause:

• Samlingsstedet = subject
• er = verb
• udenfor bygningen = location phrase

So it follows the standard pattern:

subject + verb + other information

This is very similar to English:

The assembly point + is + outside the building

Er is the neutral, straightforward choice: is.

It simply states where the assembly point is located.

You could also hear:

• Samlingsstedet ligger udenfor bygningen.

That also means the assembly point is outside the building, but ligger focuses a little more on location. In many situations, both are possible, but er is simpler and very natural.

In Danish, yes/no questions usually put the verb first:

• Er samlingsstedet udenfor bygningen?
• Is the assembly point outside the building?

So the verb er moves in front of the subject.

You change er to var:

• Samlingsstedet var udenfor bygningen.
• The assembly point was outside the building.

The rest of the sentence stays the same.

Possibly, but the meaning is slightly different.

• mødested = meeting place
• samlingssted = gathering place / assembly point

Samlingssted often sounds more official and is especially suitable in contexts like safety instructions, evacuation plans, or organized events.

So if this is a designated point where people are supposed to gather, samlingsstedet is a very good choice.