Der Reiseverlauf steht im Fahrgastrechte-Formular.

Because the noun Reiseverlauf is masculine. In German, the gender of a compound noun is determined by the last part of the compound. Here, the last part is Verlauf, and der Verlauf is masculine, so the whole word is der Reiseverlauf.

So:

• der Verlauf = the course/progression
• der Reiseverlauf = the course/itinerary of the journey

German very often forms nouns by combining smaller words into a single compound noun.

Here:

• Reise = journey/trip
• Verlauf = course/progression

Together, Reiseverlauf means something like journey details, travel itinerary, or course of the trip, depending on context.

This is completely normal in German. English often uses separate words where German uses one compound noun.

Yes, stehen literally means to stand, but in German it is also very commonly used to mean that something is written, printed, or found somewhere.

So in this sentence, steht does not mean that the itinerary is physically standing upright. It means something like:

• is written in
• appears in
• is listed in

This use is very common:

• Das steht im Buch. = That is written in the book.
• Es steht auf dem Formular. = It is written on the form.

im is a contraction of in dem.

So:

• in dem → im

In the sentence:

• im Fahrgastrechte-Formular = in the passenger-rights form

This contraction is extremely common and very natural. In most cases, German speakers would prefer im over the full in dem here.

Because this sentence describes a location, not a direction of movement.

German uses in with different cases:

• dative for location: where?
• accusative for direction: into where?

Here, the itinerary is already in the form / written in the form, so this is location:

• im Fahrgastrechte-Formular = in the form → dative

If there were movement into something, then accusative would be used:

• Ich schreibe es in das Formular. = I write it into the form.

It is a compound noun built from:

• Fahrgast = passenger
• Rechte = rights
• Formular = form

So Fahrgastrechte means passenger rights, and Fahrgastrechte-Formular means passenger-rights form.

The hyphen is helpful because the compound is long and could otherwise be hard to read. German often allows this kind of hyphen in long compounds, especially in formal or administrative language.

German compounds are often written as one word with no hyphen, as in Reiseverlauf.

A hyphen may be added when:

• the word is long
• readability is improved
• an official or technical style prefers it

So both are compounds, but Fahrgastrechte-Formular uses a hyphen to make the structure easier to see:

• Fahrgastrechte
  • Formular

Without the hyphen, Fahrgastrechteformular would also be possible in principle, but it looks heavier and is harder to read.

The subject is Der Reiseverlauf.

You can tell because:

• it is in the nominative case
• the verb steht agrees with it in the singular

So the structure is:

• Der Reiseverlauf = subject
• steht = verb
• im Fahrgastrechte-Formular = prepositional phrase telling where

No, this is normal German main-clause word order:

• Subject + verb + other information

So:

• Der Reiseverlauf | steht | im Fahrgastrechte-Formular

German requires the finite verb to be in the second position in a main clause. Here, the subject comes first, so the verb follows it.

You could also front the location for emphasis:

• Im Fahrgastrechte-Formular steht der Reiseverlauf.

That is also correct, but then the verb still stays in second position.

You could say ist im Fahrgastrechte-Formular, but it is less specific.

• ist just means is
• steht suggests that the information is written/listed there

So steht is more natural when talking about text on a form, in a document, on a page, and so on.

Compare:

• Die Information ist im Formular. = The information is in the form.
• Die Information steht im Formular. = The information is written/listed in the form.

Because in German, all nouns are capitalized.

In this sentence, the nouns are:

• Reiseverlauf
• Fahrgastrechte-Formular

The article Der is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence.

This is one of the most noticeable differences from English spelling.