Bilen står dernede.

In Danish, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun.

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

So bilen is the normal way to say the car here.

A separate word like den is used in other situations, especially:

• for emphasis: den bil = that car
• before an adjective: den røde bil = the red car

So in this sentence, bilen is exactly what you would expect.

Because bil is a common gender noun in Danish.

Danish singular nouns are usually either:

• common gender → definite ending -en
• neuter gender → definite ending -et

So:

• en bil → bilen
• et hus → huset

You mostly have to learn the gender with each noun.

Danish often uses position verbs where English would simply use to be.

The most common ones are:

• stå = stand
• ligge = lie
• sidde = sit

A parked car is normally thought of as standing in Danish, so:

• Bilen står dernede.

This sounds natural to a Dane. English usually says The car is down there, but Danish often prefers står for a car in a location.

It can cover both.

står is the present tense of stå, and Danish often uses the simple present where English might use either:

• stands
• is standing

In this sentence, it most naturally means that the car is located there, probably parked there, not that it is actively doing something dramatic.

Yes, it is grammatically possible, but it is usually less idiomatic in this context.

• Bilen står dernede sounds natural and specific.
• Bilen er dernede is more neutral and less characteristically Danish.

If you are just saying where the car is, Danish often prefers står for a parked vehicle.

So er is not wrong in every imaginable situation, but står is the better choice here.

dernede means down there.

It combines the ideas of:

• der = there
• nede = down / below

So it usually refers to a place that is:

• lower than where the speaker is, or
• further down in some physical area, such as a street, hill, building, or room layout

Depending on context, it could mean things like:

• down there
• over there below
• sometimes downstairs, if the situation makes that clear

Because here it functions as a single adverb meaning down there.

Danish often combines location words like this:

• herinde = in here
• derude = out there
• heroppe = up here
• dernede = down there

For learners, the safest choice in a sentence like this is to write dernede as one word.

The basic form is stå.

• infinitive: stå
• present tense: står

A very common Danish pattern is that the present tense ends in -r:

• bo → bor
• komme → kommer
• stå → står

Also, Danish verbs do not change for person:

• jeg står
• du står
• bilen står
• vi står

They all use the same present-tense form.

Because Danish main clauses normally follow the verb-second pattern.

Here the structure is:

• Bilen = subject
• står = finite verb
• dernede = adverbial of place

So the verb is in the second position:

• Bilen står dernede.

If you move another element to the front, the verb still stays second:

• Dernede står bilen.

That version is also possible, but it gives extra emphasis to dernede.

You would normally say:

• Bilen står ikke dernede.

In a main clause with the subject first, ikke usually comes after the finite verb:

• Bilen
  • står
    • ikke
      • dernede

So the normal negative version is:

• Bilen står ikke dernede.