Trekkbunken ligger til venstre.

It is a compound noun:

• trekk = draw or pull
• bunke = pile or stack

So trekkbunke means draw pile.

Then -n is added to make it definite:

• en trekkbunke = a draw pile
• trekkbunken = the draw pile

This kind of compounding is very common in Norwegian.

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually added as a suffix to the noun.

For masculine nouns:

• en bunke = a pile
• bunken = the pile

So:

• en trekkbunke = a draw pile
• trekkbunken = the draw pile

This is one of the big differences from English.

It is usually treated as a masculine noun:

• en trekkbunke
• trekkbunken

In Bokmål, many feminine nouns can also be used as masculine, but bunke is normally masculine anyway.

Norwegian often uses specific verbs for position where English would often just use is.

• ligger = lies / is lying / is located
• står = stands / is standing
• sitter = sits / is sitting

So Trekkbunken ligger til venstre literally feels like The draw pile lies to the left, but natural English would usually be The draw pile is on the left.

Using ligger is very normal for something placed somewhere, especially something flat or resting.

The infinitive is å ligge = to lie.

ligger is the present tense:

• å ligge = to lie
• ligger = lies / is lying

So the sentence is in the present tense.

til venstre means to the left or, in natural English depending on context, on the left.

• til = to
• venstre = left

As an expression, til venstre is very common when describing position or direction.

Examples:

• Døra er til venstre. = The door is on the left.
• Sving til venstre. = Turn left.

Because til venstre is the standard Norwegian expression for location or direction involving left.

You should learn these as fixed patterns:

• til venstre = to/on the left
• til høyre = to/on the right

Norwegian does not normally say på venstre in this meaning.

The word order is:

• Trekkbunken = subject
• ligger = verb
• til venstre = adverbial phrase of place

So it follows the normal Norwegian main-clause pattern:

Subject + verb + other information

That gives:

Trekkbunken ligger til venstre.

Yes, people would understand it, and in some contexts it may sound acceptable. But ligger is more idiomatic when talking about the position of an object like a pile of cards.

So:

• Trekkbunken ligger til venstre = more natural
• Trekkbunken er til venstre = understandable, but less specifically Norwegian in feel

You would say:

En trekkbunke ligger til venstre.

Compare:

• En trekkbunke = a draw pile
• Trekkbunken = the draw pile

So the sentence changes depending on whether the noun is indefinite or definite.

A rough guide is:

TREKK-boon-ken

A few notes:

• trekk has a short vowel and a strong final kk
• u in bunken sounds more like the vowel in put than the oo in moon
• the stress is mainly on the first part: TREKK

If you want to sound more natural, focus especially on the short, crisp trekk.

Yes. venstre primarily means left, but it can also refer to the political idea of the left.

In this sentence, though, it clearly means the direction or position left.

So here:

• til venstre = on the left / to the left

not anything political.