Huset ligger blandt træerne.

Because huset means the house.

In Danish, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like English the.

• et hus = a house
• huset = the house

So the ending -et is the definite ending for a neuter noun like hus.

Because hus is a neuter noun in Danish, so its basic form is et hus, not en hus.

For many Danish nouns:

• en-words usually take -en in the definite singular
• et-words usually take -et in the definite singular

So:

• et hus = a house
• huset = the house

This is something you generally have to learn together with the noun: not just hus, but et hus.

In Danish, ligge is very often used to mean be located / be situated, especially for places, buildings, and objects.

So Huset ligger blandt træerne is very natural Danish for The house is among the trees.

English often uses to be, but Danish frequently uses verbs like:

• ligge = lie, be situated
• stå = stand
• sidde = sit

For a building or place, ligge is often the normal choice.

Not really in the physical English sense of is lying down.

Here, ligger is best understood as is located or is situated. That is a very common use in Danish.

So although the literal core meaning of ligge is related to lie, in this sentence you should think:

• Huset ligger ... = The house is located ...

Because ligger is the present tense form of ligge.

In Danish, the present tense is often formed with -er:

• at ligge = to lie / to be situated
• ligger = lies / is situated

Unlike English, Danish does not change the verb depending on the subject in the present tense:

• jeg ligger
• du ligger
• huset ligger
• de ligger

The verb form stays the same.

Blandt means among or amid.

In this sentence, it shows that the house is surrounded by or located within a group of trees:

• blandt træerne = among the trees

It is used when something is in the middle of several things, not just two.

A useful basic rule is:

• blandt = among
• mellem = between

So:

• blandt træerne = among the trees
• mellem træerne = between the trees

In real Danish, the distinction is not always as strict as in English, and mellem can also be used in some situations where English might say among. But for a learner, this is a good starting point:

• use blandt for being within a group
• use mellem for being between separate things or positions

Because træerne means the trees, while træer just means trees.

Here is the pattern:

• et træ = a tree
• træer = trees
• træerne = the trees

So -ne is the definite plural ending, and the full form træerne is the trees.

Because Danish usually puts definiteness on the noun itself.

So instead of saying something like the trees with a separate article, Danish often uses a noun ending:

• træerne = the trees
• huset = the house

That is one of the biggest structural differences from English.

It is a very straightforward main clause:

• Huset = subject
• ligger = verb
• blandt træerne = prepositional phrase showing location

So the pattern is:

subject + verb + place

This is one of the most common sentence patterns in Danish.

Yes, you could.

That version puts more emphasis on the location:

• Huset ligger blandt træerne. = neutral statement
• Blandt træerne ligger huset. = more focus on among the trees

Danish is a V2 language, which means the finite verb usually comes in the second position in main clauses. So if you move blandt træerne to the front, ligger still has to stay in second position.

Yes, but it can sound a little more formal or literary than some other choices in certain contexts.

It is completely normal and correct, especially in writing and descriptive language. In everyday speech, people may sometimes prefer other ways of expressing the same idea depending on context, but blandt træerne is perfectly natural Danish.

Yes, because noun gender affects the forms you use.

In this sentence:

• hus is a neuter noun: et hus
• træ is also a neuter noun: et træ

That is why you get:

• huset = the house
• træerne = the trees

If these were common-gender nouns instead, the definite singular ending would usually be -en instead of -et.

A very helpful habit is to learn nouns with their article and key forms.

From this sentence, you could learn:

• et hus – huset
• et træ – træer – træerne

That way, you remember not only the meaning, but also the gender and the common singular/plural forms.