Jeg spørger kundeservice, om varen stadig er på lager.

Spørger is the present tense form of the verb at spørge (to ask).

• at spørge = to ask
• jeg spørger = I ask / I am asking

In Danish, the present tense often covers both the simple present and the present continuous in English, so Jeg spørger kundeservice can mean either I ask customer service or I’m asking customer service, depending on context.

In Danish, spørge normally takes a direct object when you ask a person or department something.

So:

• Jeg spørger kundeservice = I ask customer service

You do not need a preposition here. This is similar to English ask someone, not ask to someone.

Compare:

• Jeg spørger kundeservice = I ask customer service
• Jeg spørger om prisen = I ask about the price

So Danish can use spørge + someone or spørge om + topic, depending on what follows.

Here, om means whether/if, not about.

In this sentence:

• Jeg spørger kundeservice, om varen stadig er på lager
• = I ask customer service whether / if the item is still in stock

This is a very common use of om: it introduces an indirect yes/no question.

Compare:

• Jeg spørger, om varen er på lager = I ask if the item is in stock
• Jeg spørger om varen = I ask about the item

So om can mean different things depending on the structure.

Varen means the item / the product. The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun.

• en vare = an item / a product
• varen = the item / the product

Danish usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

So:

• vare is just the bare noun form
• en vare is indefinite
• varen is definite

Because this is a subordinate clause introduced by om.

In Danish subordinate clauses, words like stadig, ikke, ofte, etc. usually come before the finite verb.

So the normal order is:

• om varen stadig er på lager

not:

• om varen er stadig på lager

A useful pattern is:

• main clause: subject + verb + ...
• subordinate clause: subject + adverb + verb + ...

For example:

• Jeg ved, at han ikke kommer = I know that he is not coming
• Jeg spørger, om varen stadig er på lager = I ask if the item is still in stock

Here, stadig means still.

• varen stadig er på lager = the item is still in stock

You will also often see endnu, but it is not always used in exactly the same way.

In this sentence, stadig is the most natural choice for still in the sense of continuing to be in stock.

Very roughly:

• stadig = still
• endnu = still / yet, depending on context

So a learner should remember that stadig is a very safe choice for still in sentences like this one.

På lager is a fixed expression meaning in stock.

Literally:

• på = on
• lager = warehouse / stock / storage

But as a phrase, være på lager simply means to be in stock or to be available from inventory.

Examples:

• Varen er på lager = The item is in stock
• Varen er ikke på lager = The item is not in stock

You should learn på lager as a set phrase, because the literal meaning is less important than the idiomatic one.

Because Danish does not need der here.

The clause is about a specific subject:

• varen = the item

So Danish simply says:

• om varen stadig er på lager

This means whether the item is still in stock.

You use der er more when introducing existence in a general way, like there is / there are:

• Der er mange varer på lager = There are many items in stock

But here the subject is already known and specific, so varen er ... is the natural structure.

Yes. Kundeservice is normally written as one word in Danish.

This is very common in Danish, because Danish often forms compound nouns as single words.

• kunde = customer
• service = service
• kundeservice = customer service

English often writes this kind of expression as two words, but Danish frequently joins them together.

Yes. The Danish present tense often covers both meanings.

So:

• Jeg spørger kundeservice ...

can mean:

• I ask customer service ...
• I’m asking customer service ...

The exact meaning depends on context. Danish does not require a separate form like the English am asking here.

In real Danish writing, you may sometimes see variation in comma use, especially around subordinate clauses. In your example, the comma before om helps clearly mark the subordinate clause:

• Jeg spørger kundeservice, om varen stadig er på lager.

For a learner, this version is a very good model to follow. It makes the structure easy to see:

• main clause: Jeg spørger kundeservice
• subordinate clause: om varen stadig er på lager

So even if you later notice some variation, using the comma here is a good habit while learning.