Hun er stadig ked af det efter beskeden.

Ked af det is a fixed Danish expression meaning sad, upset, or distressed.

It is best learned as one unit. If you try to translate each word separately, it will not help much. In this sentence, er ked af det means is upset / is sad.

So:

• Hun er ked af det = She is sad/upset

In ked af det, the det is usually just part of the fixed expression. It often does not point to a specific thing the way English it does.

So in this sentence, do not over-translate det. Think of ked af det as one chunk meaning upset or sad.

Yes, they are related in form, but the meanings are different enough that learners often confuse them.

• jeg keder mig = I am bored
• jeg er ked af det = I am sad/upset

So even though both contain ked, they are different expressions and should be learned separately.

Stadig means still.

It shows that her emotional state is continuing:

• Hun er stadig ked af det = She is still upset

So the sentence is saying that the feeling has not gone away yet.

Sometimes endnu can also mean still or yet, but stadig is the most natural choice here.

• Hun er stadig ked af det sounds very natural.
• Hun er endnu ked af det is possible, but it sounds more formal or literary.

For everyday Danish, stadig is the safer choice in this sentence.

Because beskeden is the definite singular form: the message / the news.

The noun is:

• en besked = a message
• beskeden = the message

So the sentence refers to a specific message or piece of news that is already known in the context.

It can mean several related things, depending on context:

• message
• news
• notice
• word

In this sentence, English speakers might understand it as either the message or the news. Since the sentence mentions someone being upset afterward, the news may feel especially natural in some contexts, but the message is also perfectly possible.

Because Danish main clauses follow the verb-second rule.

That means the finite verb usually comes in the second position:

• Hun = first element
• er = second element
• stadig comes after that

So:

• Hun er stadig ked af det is correct
• Hun stadig er ked af det is not normal main-clause word order

Yes. You can front it for emphasis:

• Efter beskeden er hun stadig ked af det.

That is correct Danish. Notice that the verb er still stays in second position. This is another example of the Danish verb-second pattern.

The difference is mainly focus:

• Hun er stadig ked af det efter beskeden. → neutral
• Efter beskeden er hun stadig ked af det. → emphasizes the time/background more

Yes, you could say that, but the structure and nuance are a little different.

• Hun er stadig ked af det efter beskeden = she is still upset after the message/news
• Hun er stadig ked af beskeden = she is still upset about the message/news

So:

• efter beskeden points more to what happened before this continuing feeling
• ked af beskeden connects the feeling more directly to the message/news itself

Both can work, but they are not exactly identical.

It is in the present tense because of er.

Even though the message happened earlier, the sentence describes her current state:

• the message/news came before
• she is still upset now

This is very natural in both Danish and English:

• She is still upset after the message
• Hun er stadig ked af det efter beskeden