Hun har magten.

• Hun = she
• har = has
• magten = the power

Grammatically, it is:

• subject: Hun
• verb: har
• object: magten

So the structure is very close to English: She has the power.

Because hun is the subject form of she.

In Danish:

• hun = she (subject)
• hende = her (object)

So:

• Hun har magten = She has the power
• Jeg ser hende = I see her

A native English speaker can think of this as the same distinction as she vs her.

Har is the present tense of at have = to have.

So:

• at have = to have
• har = have/has

Danish does not change the verb for different persons the way English does. So you get:

• jeg har = I have
• du har = you have
• hun har = she has
• vi har = we have

The verb stays har in all of those.

Because magten is the definite form of the noun.

• magt = power
• magten = the power

Unlike English, Danish usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word before it.

So:

• en magt = a power
• magten = the power

That is why there is no separate word for the here.

It is an en-word (common gender).

Its basic forms are:

• en magt = a power
• magten = the power

That is why the definite ending is -en and not -et.

Yes, but it changes the nuance.

• Hun har magt = She has power / She possesses power
• Hun har magten = She has the power / She is the one who holds the power

So the version with magten sounds more definite and specific. It often suggests that she is the person in control, or that the power is concentrated in her hands.

Yes. Hun har magten is the normal main-clause order:

• subject + verb + object

So:

• Hun = subject
• har = verb
• magten = object

That said, Danish is a verb-second language in main clauses. This means the finite verb usually stays in the second position if something else is moved to the front.

For example:

• Nu har hun magten = Now she has the power
• I dag har hun magten = Today she has the power

Notice that har still comes second.

It can mean several related things, depending on context:

• political power
• authority
• control
• the power to decide

So Hun har magten could mean:

• she is the one in charge
• she has authority
• she holds political power
• she controls the situation

In most contexts, it is about authority or control, not physical strength.

Not exactly.

• Hun har magten means She has the power or She holds the authority
• She is powerful describes her as a powerful person in general

So Hun har magten is more about who currently holds power, while She is powerful is more about what kind of person she is.

They can overlap in meaning, but they are not identical.

It is very close, but not always exactly the same.

• Hun har magten strongly emphasizes that she holds the power
• She is in power often sounds especially political, like being the ruling leader or party

In a political context, English might naturally translate it as:

• She is in power
• She holds power
• She holds the power

So the best translation depends on context, but the Danish sentence itself clearly focuses on her possession of authority/control.