Die Geldstrafe und die Prozesskosten stehen im Urteil.

Yes, stehen literally means to stand, but in German it is also often used in a figurative sense for written information.

So in Die Geldstrafe und die Prozesskosten stehen im Urteil, stehen means something like:

• are written in
• are stated in
• appear in

This is very natural in German. English usually would not say the fine and the court costs stand in the judgment, but German does.

Because the subject is made up of two things:

• die Geldstrafe
• die Prozesskosten

These are joined by und, so together they form a plural subject. That is why the verb must also be plural:

• singular: Die Geldstrafe steht im Urteil.
• plural: Die Geldstrafe und die Prozesskosten stehen im Urteil.

Here die is the definite article meaning the.

In die Geldstrafe, it is:

• nominative
• singular
• feminine

That is because Geldstrafe is a feminine noun: die Geldstrafe.

Because Prozesskosten is a separate noun phrase, and it also has its own definite article.

Here die is again the, but this time it is plural, not feminine singular.

So:

• die Geldstrafe = the fine
• die Prozesskosten = the court/legal costs

Even though both articles look the same, they are doing different grammatical jobs:

• first die = feminine singular
• second die = plural

They are in the nominative case, because they are the subject of the sentence.

You can tell they are the subject because they are the things that stehen im Urteil.

So the structure is:

• Die Geldstrafe und die Prozesskosten = subject, nominative
• stehen = verb
• im Urteil = prepositional phrase

Im Urteil means in the judgment or in the court ruling.

Grammatically:

• im = contraction of in dem
• Urteil is a neuter noun: das Urteil
• after in here, it is in the dative case: dem Urteil
• so in dem Urteil becomes im Urteil

This is a very common contraction in German:

• in dem → im
• an dem → am
• zu dem → zum
• zu der → zur

Because this sentence describes a location, not movement.

German uses in with:

• dative for location: in dem Urteil / im Urteil
• accusative for movement into something: in das Urteil

Here the meaning is that the information is contained in the judgment, so it is a location idea. That is why German uses the dative:

• Die Geldstrafe steht im Urteil.

If it were movement, then accusative would be possible, but that would not fit this sentence.

Yes. Das Urteil is a legal term meaning judgment, verdict, or court decision, depending on context.

In everyday German, Urteil can also mean judgment or opinion in a broader sense, but in this sentence it is clearly the legal meaning.

So im Urteil means something like:

• in the judgment
• in the written court decision

Geldstrafe is a compound noun:

• Geld = money
• Strafe = punishment / penalty

Together, Geldstrafe means fine or monetary penalty.

The grammatical gender comes from the last part of the compound:

• die Strafe is feminine
• therefore die Geldstrafe is also feminine

Prozesskosten is also a compound noun:

• Prozess = trial / legal process / lawsuit
• Kosten = costs

So Prozesskosten means court costs, legal costs, or costs of the proceedings.

It is normally used as a plural noun, because Kosten itself is usually plural in this meaning. That is why you say:

• die Prozesskosten
• not usually a singular form in normal usage

So the sentence is talking about two items:

• the fine
• the legal/court costs

Because in German, all nouns are capitalized.

So in this sentence, the nouns are:

• Geldstrafe
• Prozesskosten
• Urteil

This is one of the big visual differences between German and English.

Yes, but the verb still has to stay in the second position in a normal main clause.

The original sentence is:

• Die Geldstrafe und die Prozesskosten stehen im Urteil.

You could also say:

• Im Urteil stehen die Geldstrafe und die Prozesskosten.

That sounds slightly different in emphasis, because it puts im Urteil first. But it is still correct.

Notice what happens:

• first position: Im Urteil
• second position: stehen
• then the subject: die Geldstrafe und die Prozesskosten

This is a core German word-order rule: in a main clause, the finite verb is in position 2.

Normally, with this meaning, German prefers Die Geldstrafe und die Prozesskosten.

Repeating the article makes it clear that there are two definite, separate items being referred to.

If you said Die Geldstrafe und Prozesskosten, it would sound less natural here and more incomplete or less balanced. In legal or formal language, repeating the article is especially normal.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal and especially suitable for legal or administrative language.

That formality comes from words like:

• Geldstrafe
• Prozesskosten
• Urteil

and also from using stehen in the sense of are stated in.

In everyday speech, someone might choose a less formal wording, but this sentence is perfectly natural in legal context.