Jeg sætter glasset på bordet i køkkenet.

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

• et glas = a glass
• glasset = the glass
• et bord = a table
• bordet = the table
• et køkken = a kitchen
• køkkenet = the kitchen

So English the often becomes -en or -et attached to the noun in Danish.

They end in -et because they are neuter nouns in Danish.

Danish common singular nouns usually belong to one of two genders:

• common gender: often takes en / -en
• neuter gender: often takes et / -et

Here:

• glas is neuter → et glas, glasset
• bord is neuter → et bord, bordet
• køkken is neuter → et køkken, køkkenet

So the -et ending is the definite form of a neuter singular noun.

The base form is at sætte, which means to put, to place, or to set.

In the sentence:

• Jeg sætter = I put / I am putting / I place

The form sætter is the present tense.

Because sætter is the present tense, while sæt is the imperative.

• at sætte = to put
• jeg sætter = I put / I am putting
• sæt glasset på bordet = put the glass on the table

So in a normal statement with I, you need sætter.

Danish often uses the simple present where English might use either the simple present or the present continuous.

So:

• Jeg sætter glasset på bordet can mean
  • I put the glass on the table
  • I am putting the glass on the table

Danish does not normally need a special continuous form like English am putting.

Because the two prepositions describe different kinds of location:

• på bordet = on the table
  This means something is on top of a surface.
• i køkkenet = in the kitchen
  This means something is inside a room or enclosed space.

So the sentence literally means:

• I place the glass on the table in the kitchen.

In this sentence, the most natural reading is that it describes the table:

• the table in the kitchen

So Jeg sætter glasset på bordet i køkkenet is normally understood as:

• I put the glass on the table in the kitchen

In practice, it also tells you where the action happens, but grammatically it most directly attaches to bordet.

Yes, absolutely. That is a very natural alternative.

• køkkenbordet = the kitchen table or the counter/table in the kitchen

So:

• Jeg sætter glasset på bordet i køkkenet
• Jeg sætter glasset på køkkenbordet

Both are fine, but the second one is often more compact and natural if you mean a specific kitchen table or counter.

This is normal Danish main-clause word order:

1. subject: Jeg
2. verb: sætter
3. object: glasset
4. adverbial/prepositional phrases: på bordet i køkkenet

So it follows the common pattern:

• Subject + verb + object + place

Danish main clauses also follow the verb-second rule, meaning the finite verb is in the second position. Since Jeg comes first, sætter comes second.

Yes. Danish keeps the finite verb in second position, so if another element comes first, the subject usually moves after the verb.

For example:

• I køkkenet sætter jeg glasset på bordet.

Literally: In the kitchen put I the glass on the table.

Natural English: In the kitchen, I put the glass on the table.

So when I køkkenet comes first, sætter still stays in second position.

Yes: glas can mean both the material glass and a drinking glass, depending on context.

In this sentence, glasset clearly means the drinking glass, because it is something being placed on a table.

So context tells you which meaning is intended.

These are tricky words for English speakers.

A few useful points:

• æ in sætter is a front vowel, somewhat like the vowel in English cat, but not exactly the same.
• ø in køkkenet has no exact English equivalent. It is a rounded front vowel, and learners usually need practice to hear and produce it.
• Danish tt and kk are not pronounced as strongly as English learners sometimes expect.
• The ending -et in køkkenet is often pronounced quite lightly.

A rough learner-friendly approximation might be:

• sætter ≈ SEH-ter
• køkkenet ≈ KER-keh-neth

But those are only approximations. It is best to listen to native audio, especially for æ, ø, and the soft rhythm of Danish speech.

Sometimes, but sætter is better here.

at sætte is the normal verb for placing something upright or in position.

at putte often means to put in the sense of to put into something, to stick something somewhere, or in more informal everyday speech. It can sound less precise here.

So for a glass being placed on a table, sætter is the most natural choice.

No, not in this way. Danish nouns do not have case endings like that.

So after på and i, the nouns stay in their normal forms:

• på bordet
• i køkkenet

Unlike English pronouns, where you compare he and him, Danish nouns generally do not change because of the preposition.