Der står en flaske vand på bordet, og jeg vil hælde lidt op til hende.

Here der is a dummy subject used in an existential construction, much like English there in there is.

So Der står en flaske vand på bordet is structurally like:

• There is / there stands a bottle of water on the table

It does not mean a literal location word like over there in this sentence. It is mainly there because Danish often uses der when introducing the existence or presence of something.

Danish very often uses position verbs where English would simply use is.

The main ones are:

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

A bottle is typically thought of as being upright, so Danish says it stands:

• Der står en flaske vand på bordet

If it were lying on its side, Danish might use ligger instead.

You can sometimes say Der er en flaske vand på bordet, but står sounds more natural and specific because it describes how the bottle is positioned.

In Danish, expressions like a bottle of water, a cup of coffee, a glass of wine are often formed without a word corresponding to English of.

So:

• en flaske vand = a bottle of water
• et glas vin = a glass of wine
• en kop kaffe = a cup of coffee

Using af here would usually sound unnatural.

Because flaske is a common-gender noun in Danish, and common-gender nouns take en in the indefinite singular.

So:

• en flaske
• flasken

If it were a neuter noun, it would take et instead.

Bordet means the table, with the definite ending -et attached to bord.

So:

• et bord = a table
• bordet = the table

The definite form is used because the speaker is treating the table as something identifiable in the situation, not just any table.

Vil can cover several related ideas in Danish:

• will
• want to
• intend to
• sometimes a near-future idea like am going to

In this sentence, jeg vil hælde lidt op most naturally expresses intention or willingness.

So depending on context, it can feel like:

• I want to pour some
• I’m going to pour some
• I’ll pour some

Also note that after a modal verb like vil, the next verb stays in the infinitive:

• vil hælde

Hælde by itself means to pour.

But hælde op is a very common expression meaning something like:

• pour out
• pour into a glass/cup
• serve a drink

So jeg vil hælde lidt op means not just random pouring, but specifically pouring some of the drink for serving.

That little word op is important because it helps create this everyday idiomatic meaning.

Because op belongs to the verb phrase hælde op, and Danish often places the object between the verb and the particle.

Compare:

• hælde vand op
• hælde kaffe op
• hælde lidt op

So the pattern is often:

• verb + object + particle

That is why lidt comes before op here.

Here lidt means a little / some, and the noun is left understood from context.

Since the sentence already mentions en flaske vand, lidt naturally means:

• a little water
• some of it

Danish often omits a noun when it is obvious:

• Jeg vil hælde lidt op = I want to pour a little (water) / some

You could also say jeg vil hælde lidt vand op, but it is not necessary when the context is clear.

Because til marks the recipient here: the person the drink is being poured for.

So:

• hælde noget op til nogen = pour something for someone

In this sentence, hende is the person who will receive the drink.

This is a normal Danish way to express the idea of serving or pouring something for someone.

Because after a preposition like til, Danish uses the object form of the pronoun.

So:

• hun = she
• hende = her

Since the sentence has til hende, it must use hende, not hun.

Compare:

• Hun drikker vand. = She drinks water.
• Jeg hælder lidt op til hende. = I pour some for her.

Sometimes for can mean for in the sense of for someone’s benefit, but with hælde op, til is the more idiomatic choice.

So:

• hælde op til hende = the natural phrasing for pouring her a drink

Using for hende would sound less natural in this exact context, or it might shift the nuance toward on her behalf rather than to serve her.

It has two coordinated main clauses joined by og:

1. Der står en flaske vand på bordet
2. jeg vil hælde lidt op til hende

Each clause has its own finite verb:

• står
• vil

The second clause keeps normal main-clause word order:

• jeg
  • vil
    • hælde lidt op til hende

So the whole sentence is simply:

• first statement about what is on the table
• second statement about what the speaker intends to do with it