Der ligger stadig bær i fryseren, så jeg finder en lille beholder til dem.

Here der is the Danish existential there, like English there in There are still berries in the freezer.

It does not mean there as a place in this sentence. It is just used to introduce the existence or presence of something.

So:

• Der ligger stadig bær i fryseren = There are still berries in the freezer

This is a very common Danish pattern:

• Der er en bog på bordet = There is a book on the table
• Der står to glas i skabet = There are two glasses in the cupboard

Danish often uses position verbs where English would simply use be.

Common ones are:

• ligge = lie, be lying
• stå = stand, be standing
• sidde = sit, be sitting

With objects that are just located somewhere, Danish very often chooses one of these instead of er.

So Der ligger stadig bær i fryseren literally suggests that the berries are lying in the freezer. In natural English, we usually just say There are still berries in the freezer.

Using ligger here sounds natural because the berries are just resting there.

Here bær is plural: berries.

The reason it may look confusing is that bær has the same form in singular and plural:

• et bær = a berry
• bær = berries

In this sentence, the later pronoun dem shows clearly that it is plural:

• til dem = for them

So even though bær does not change form, the meaning here is berries, not a berry.

Stadig means still.

It shows that the situation continues:

• there were berries in the freezer before
• and there are berries there now as well

Its placement is normal Danish word order. In this sentence:

• Der ligger stadig bær i fryseren

the adverb stadig comes after the verb ligger.

That is a very common place for adverbs like stadig, ikke, ofte, and so on.

Fryseren means the freezer.

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun:

• en fryser = a freezer
• fryseren = the freezer

Danish usually attaches the to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

Here it is definite because the speaker means a specific freezer, probably the one in their home, which both speaker and listener can identify from context.

Because this så means so, and it is acting as a coordinating conjunction joining two main clauses:

• Der ligger stadig bær i fryseren
• så jeg finder en lille beholder til dem

After this kind of så, Danish keeps normal main-clause order:

• conjunction + subject + verb

So:

• så jeg finder ... = so I find/get ...

If så were being used more like then at the beginning of a clause, you would often get inversion:

• Så finder jeg en lille beholder = Then I’ll find a small container

So both exist, but they are functioning slightly differently.

Because Danish often uses the present tense for a near future action, especially when it is an immediate decision or a natural next step.

So:

• jeg finder en lille beholder til dem

literally looks like I find a small container for them, but in natural English it often means:

• I’ll find/get a small container for them
• I’m going to find a small container for them

This is very normal in Danish.

Yes, but in context it can feel closer to get, fetch, or pick out in English.

The basic meaning of finde is to find, but in everyday speech it can also mean that the speaker will locate something suitable and use it.

So here:

• jeg finder en lille beholder til dem

naturally means something like:

• I’ll get a small container for them
• I’ll find a small container for them

Beholder is a common-gender noun, so it takes en:

• en beholder = a container

With lille:

• en lille beholder = a small container

A useful point is that lille stays lille in both common and neuter singular:

• en lille bil = a small car
• et lille hus = a small house

So the adjective form here is exactly what you should expect.

Dem is the object form of they:

• de = they
• dem = them

It refers back to bær.

So:

• til dem = for them

The idea is:

• there are still berries in the freezer
• so I’ll get a small container for the berries

Using the pronoun avoids repeating bær.

Yes. Der er stadig bær i fryseren is grammatically fine and would mean essentially the same thing.

The difference is that ligger sounds a bit more physical and natural for objects resting somewhere, while er is more neutral.

So:

• Der er stadig bær i fryseren = There are still berries in the freezer
• Der ligger stadig bær i fryseren = There are still berries lying/in the freezer

In everyday Danish, position verbs like ligger are very common and often sound more idiomatic.