Jeg forstår ordets betydning bedre med et godt eksempel.

Jeg means I. It is the subject of the sentence, just like in English.

Danish subject pronouns here are:

• jeg = I
• du = you
• han/hun = he/she
• vi = we
• I = you plural/formal in some contexts
• de = they

So Jeg forstår ... simply means I understand ...

Forstår is the present tense form of forstå, which means to understand.

• at forstå = to understand
• jeg forstår = I understand
• jeg forstod = I understood
• jeg har forstået = I have understood

In Danish, the infinitive often ends in -e, and the present tense often ends in -r.

So:

• forstå = infinitive
• forstår = present tense

Ordets means the word’s.

It comes from:

• ord = word
• ordet = the word
• ordets = the word’s

The -s marks the genitive, similar to English apostrophe-s. Danish usually adds -s directly, without an apostrophe.

So:

• manden = the man
• mandens bil = the man’s car

Here:

• ordets betydning = the word’s meaning

That structure is very common in Danish.

Both patterns are possible in Danish.

• ordets betydning = the word’s meaning
• betydningen af ordet = the meaning of the word

The first one uses the genitive (-s), and the second one uses a prepositional phrase with af.

In this sentence, ordets betydning is compact and natural. A native English speaker may notice that Danish often prefers this kind of possessive/genitive structure where English might also use of.

Betydning is a noun meaning meaning or significance, depending on context.

In this sentence, it means meaning.

Related forms:

• at betyde = to mean
• betydning = meaning, significance
• betydningsfuld = meaningful, significant

So:

• ordets betydning = the meaning of the word

Bedre means better. It is the comparative form of god/godt.

Forms to know:

• god = good
• godt = good
• bedre = better
• bedst = best

In this sentence, bedre works adverbially: I understand ... better.

So it is not describing the noun betydning directly. It describes how well the speaker understands.

It describes forstår.

The idea is:

• I understand better not
• the better meaning

So the sentence means that the speaker’s understanding improves when there is a good example.

A helpful way to see it:

• Jeg forstår bedre = I understand better
• ordets betydning = the word’s meaning
• med et godt eksempel = with a good example

Med usually means with.

Here it shows the means or aid by which understanding improves:

• med et godt eksempel = with a good example

In natural English, you might sometimes say through a good example or when I have a good example, but Danish often uses med very naturally in this kind of sentence.

Because eksempel is a neuter noun in Danish.

Danish nouns have two grammatical genders:

• en-words (common gender)
• et-words (neuter)

So:

• en bog = a book
• et eksempel = an example

You usually just have to learn the gender with each noun.

Because the adjective must agree with the gender and form of the noun.

Since eksempel is an et-word, the singular indefinite form of the adjective gets -t:

• en god bog = a good book
• et godt eksempel = a good example

So:

• god is used with en-words
• godt is used with et-words

Yes. Danish adjectives change form depending on the noun phrase.

Compare:

• en god bog = a good book
• et godt eksempel = a good example
• gode bøger = good books
• gode eksempler = good examples
• det gode eksempel = the good example

So godt appears because this is singular + indefinite + neuter.

Yes, it is normal.

The basic structure is:

• Jeg = subject
• forstår = verb
• ordets betydning = object
• bedre = adverb
• med et godt eksempel = prepositional phrase

Danish main clauses usually follow verb-second word order, and this sentence does that:

• subject first
• finite verb second

So Jeg forstår ... is exactly what you would expect in a normal statement.

Yes. A few natural alternatives are:

• Jeg forstår ordets betydning bedre med et godt eksempel.
• Jeg forstår ordets betydning bedre, når jeg får et godt eksempel.
• Et godt eksempel hjælper mig med at forstå ordets betydning bedre.

The original sentence is understandable and natural, though some speakers might prefer a version with når if they want to stress when I get/see a good example.

It is not extremely formal, but it is a bit more compact and slightly more written-style than some everyday alternatives.

A speaker might also say:

• hvad ordet betyder = what the word means

So these are both natural:

• Jeg forstår ordets betydning bedre ...
• Jeg forstår bedre, hvad ordet betyder ...

The version with ordets betydning sounds a little more noun-based and tidy, which is common in written Danish.

Because standard Danish normally forms the genitive by adding -s directly, without an apostrophe.

So:

• Peters bog = Peter’s book
• husets dør = the house’s door
• ordets betydning = the word’s meaning

English uses apostrophes, but Danish generally does not.