Die Leihfristverlängerung steht im Bibliothekskonto.

German very often combines several nouns into one compound noun. Here:

• Leihfrist = loan period / borrowing period
• Verlängerung = extension

So Leihfristverlängerung means the extension of the loan period.

This is completely normal in German. English usually writes these as separate words, but German often joins them into one.

Because the main noun in the compound is Verlängerung, and Verlängerung is feminine.

In German compounds, the gender usually comes from the last part of the word. So:

• die Verlängerung
• therefore die Leihfristverlängerung

That is why the sentence starts with Die Leihfristverlängerung.

Yes, stehen literally means to stand, but in German it is also commonly used for written information.

So steht here means something like:

• is written
• is listed
• appears
• shows up

A useful idea is:

• Das steht im Konto. = That is written/listed in the account.

This is a very common use of stehen in German.

Because im is the contraction of:

• in dem → im

And Konto is a neuter noun:

• das Konto

After in when talking about location, German uses the dative case:

• in dem Konto
• contracted: im Konto

So im Bibliothekskonto means in the library account.

Because in can take either the accusative or the dative, depending on the meaning.

• accusative = movement into somewhere
• dative = location in somewhere

Here there is no movement. The extension is already listed there, so this is location:

• Die Leihfristverlängerung steht im Bibliothekskonto.

So Bibliothekskonto is in the dative.

It is another compound noun:

• Bibliothek = library
• Konto = account

Together: Bibliothekskonto = library account

The -s- in the middle is a linking element, sometimes called a Fugen-s. It does not usually have a meaning by itself; it just helps connect the parts of the compound.

So:

• Bibliothek + s + Konto → Bibliothekskonto

Yes. It follows the normal German main-clause pattern, where the finite verb is in second position.

Structure:

• Die Leihfristverlängerung = subject
• steht = finite verb
• im Bibliothekskonto = prepositional phrase

So the sentence is perfectly normal:

• subject + verb + other information

German does not always match English word order exactly, but this sentence is very standard.

Because all nouns are capitalized in German.

In this sentence, the nouns are:

• Leihfristverlängerung
• Bibliothekskonto

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

Sometimes yes, but it would change the style and nuance.

• steht suggests that the information is written or displayed somewhere
• ist would sound more general and less specific

For example:

• Die Leihfristverlängerung steht im Bibliothekskonto.
  = The extension is listed/shown in the library account.

If you used ist, a native speaker might prefer a different wording, such as:

• Die Leihfristverlängerung ist im Bibliothekskonto vermerkt.

So steht is natural because it refers to information appearing in written form.

Usually yes in this context, but the exact feeling can depend on the situation.

In German, Konto can mean an account in many different systems:

• bank account
• customer account
• online user account
• library account

So Bibliothekskonto is specifically your account with the library, where loans, due dates, and renewals are shown.

Yes, very much so. A good strategy is to read German compounds from the end backward.

For Leihfristverlängerung:

1. Verlängerung = extension
2. What kind of extension? A Leihfrist- extension
3. Leihfrist = loan period

So the whole word means loan-period extension.

This is a very useful reading skill in German, especially for formal or administrative language.