Min bedstefar sidder ofte ved vinduet og venter på bageren, som kommer med brødet.

In Danish, when you use a possessive word like min, din, hans, vores, etc., you normally do not also use the definite ending.

So:

• min bedstefar = my grandfather
• not min bedstefaren

Compare:

• bedstefar = grandfather
• bedstefaren = the grandfather
• min bedstefar = my grandfather

This is different from English only in form, because English also does not say my the grandfather.

Bedstefar means grandfather. In many contexts, it can also feel like grandpa depending on tone and situation.

It is a normal everyday word. Danish also has more specific family words:

• farfar = paternal grandfather
• morfar = maternal grandfather

So bedstefar is the general word, while farfar and morfar are more precise.

Yes, sidder literally means sits / is sitting.

In Danish, verbs like sidde (sit), stå (stand), and ligge (lie) are often used where English might simply use is or there is someone doing something.

So Min bedstefar sidder ofte ved vinduet is literally:

• My grandfather often sits by the window

This sounds natural in both Danish and English here. It emphasizes his physical position.

This is normal Danish word order.

In a main clause, the finite verb usually comes in second position. That means after the subject Min bedstefar, the verb sidder comes next. Then adverbs like ofte often come after the finite verb.

So the pattern is:

• Min bedstefar = subject
• sidder = finite verb
• ofte = adverb

Danish main clauses often follow this kind of order:

• subject + finite verb + adverb + other elements

So Min bedstefar sidder ofte ved vinduet is completely standard.

Ved usually means by, at, or next to.

So:

• ved vinduet = by the window

If you said i vinduet, that would usually sound like someone is in the window, which is not what is meant here.

So:

• sidder ved vinduet = sits by the window
• sidder i vinduet = sits in the window / in the window frame area

The choice of preposition is very important in Danish, just like in English.

Vinduet is the definite form, meaning the window.

• et vindue = a window
• vinduet = the window

Danish often adds the definite article as an ending instead of using a separate word like English the.

Because the sentence refers to a specific window, Danish uses the definite form:

• ved vinduet = by the window

Because vente in this meaning normally takes the preposition på.

So:

• vente på nogen = wait for someone
• vente på noget = wait for something

Examples:

• Jeg venter på bussen. = I am waiting for the bus.
• Hun venter på sin ven. = She is waiting for her friend.

You should learn vente på as a fixed combination.

Bageren means the baker, while en bager means a baker.

Here it is bageren because the sentence refers to a specific baker, probably one the grandfather knows and expects.

So:

• en bager = a baker, any baker
• bageren = the baker, a specific one

This is very common in Danish. The definite article is attached to the noun:

• en bager → bageren

Som is a relative pronoun here. It means who, which, or that, depending on the context.

In this sentence:

• bageren, som kommer med brødet
• the baker, who comes with the bread

So som introduces extra information about bageren.

You can think of it as linking:

• the main noun: bageren
• the description: som kommer med brødet

Because som kommer med brødet is a relative clause, and Danish punctuation normally places a comma before such clauses.

So the structure is:

• main clause: Min bedstefar sidder ofte ved vinduet og venter på bageren
• relative clause: som kommer med brødet

Danish uses commas somewhat more systematically around subordinate and relative clauses than English often does.

Because subordinate clauses in Danish do not follow the same word-order rules as main clauses.

In the relative clause:

• som kommer med brødet

the order is straightforward:

• som = relative pronoun
• kommer = verb
• med brødet = prepositional phrase

Also, Danish main clauses usually have V2 word order (the finite verb in second position), but relative clauses do not behave the same way. So after som, the clause continues in normal subordinate-clause order.

Literally, it means comes with the bread.

In context, it usually means:

• comes bringing the bread
• delivers the bread

So med keeps its basic meaning with, but the whole expression naturally suggests that the baker arrives carrying or bringing the bread.

Brødet is the definite form, meaning the bread.

• brød = bread
• brødet = the bread

The sentence is talking about a specific bread supply that the baker brings, so Danish uses the definite form.

As with many Danish nouns, the definite article is added as an ending:

• et brød = a loaf / a bread
• brødet = the bread

Yes. The sentence has two coordinated verb phrases connected by og:

• sidder ofte ved vinduet
• venter på bageren

They share the same subject:

• Min bedstefar

So the full idea is:

• My grandfather often sits by the window and waits for the baker

This is a very common Danish structure: one subject, then two actions linked by og.

Yes. The verbs sidder, venter, and kommer are in the present tense.

In Danish, the present tense is often used not only for what is happening now, but also for habitual actions.

Because of ofte (often), the sentence clearly describes a repeated habit:

• he often sits there
• he waits for the baker
• the baker comes with the bread

So the present tense here works much like English present tense in habitual statements.