Mobilabonnemanget är prisvärt trots bindningstiden.

Because Swedish usually writes compound nouns as one word.

So:

• mobil = mobile, cell-phone
• abonnemang = subscription, plan
• mobilabonnemang = mobile subscription / mobile plan

Then -et is added to make it definite:

• ett mobilabonnemang = a mobile plan
• mobilabonnemanget = the mobile plan

This is very normal in Swedish. English often uses separate words where Swedish prefers compounds.

Swedish often puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

Here, the base noun is:

• ett abonnemang = a subscription

The definite form is:

• abonnemanget = the subscription

In the full compound:

• mobilabonnemanget = the mobile subscription / the mobile plan

So the -et ending is doing the job that the does in English.

Because abonnemang is an ett-word (a neuter noun), and predicative adjectives in Swedish agree with the noun in gender and number.

The adjective is:

• prisvärd = good value / worth the price

Its forms are:

• prisvärd for common gender singular
• prisvärt for neuter singular
• prisvärda for plural

Since mobilabonnemanget comes from ett mobilabonnemang, the adjective must be prisvärt.

So:

• En bil är prisvärd.
• Ett abonnemang är prisvärt.
• Bilarna är prisvärda.

Because after är, the adjective is predicative, and predicative adjectives do not take a special definite form just because the noun is definite.

So in:

• Mobilabonnemanget är prisvärt

the adjective agrees only with:

• gender: neuter
• number: singular

It does not become definite just because mobilabonnemanget means the mobile plan.

Compare:

• Det är ett prisvärt abonnemang.
  Here the adjective is attributive before the noun.

• Abonnemanget är prisvärt.
  Here the adjective is predicative after är.

That difference matters in Swedish.

Not exactly. Prisvärd means something like:

• good value for money
• worth the price
• reasonably priced for what you get

It does not necessarily mean the thing is cheap. Something can be expensive but still prisvärt if it gives good value.

So in this sentence, the idea is not just that the mobile plan is low-cost, but that it is worth what it costs.

Trots means despite or in spite of.

It is a preposition, so it is followed by a noun phrase:

• trots regnet = despite the rain
• trots problemet = despite the problem
• trots bindningstiden = despite the contract period

So in the sentence:

• Mobilabonnemanget är prisvärt trots bindningstiden

the last part means despite the binding period / despite the contract term.

Because it refers to a specific binding period: the one attached to this mobile plan.

• bindningstid = a binding period / contract term
• bindningstiden = the binding period / the contract term

Using the definite form makes sense here because the sentence is talking about a particular subscription and the specific contract period that comes with it.

In English, we might or might not say the, but in Swedish the definite form often sounds natural when the reference is specific and understood from the context.

Bindningstid is a common Swedish term for the period during which you are tied to a contract and cannot freely cancel without consequences.

In telecom contexts, it usually means:

• a fixed contract period
• a minimum commitment period
• a lock-in period

So trots bindningstiden suggests that even though the plan has that disadvantage, it is still considered good value.

No, this is the normal basic word order:

• Mobilabonnemanget = subject
• är = verb
• prisvärt = predicative adjective
• trots bindningstiden = prepositional phrase

So the structure is basically:

Subject + verb + complement + extra information

A very natural alternative is to move the prepositional phrase to the front:

• Trots bindningstiden är mobilabonnemanget prisvärt.

When that happens, Swedish uses inversion, so är comes before mobilabonnemanget.

Yes, but the structure changes.

• trots bindningstiden = despite the contract period
  This uses trots
  • noun phrase.

If you want to use a full clause, you would normally say:

• trots att det finns en bindningstid
• trots att abonnemanget har en bindningstid

So:

• Mobilabonnemanget är prisvärt trots bindningstiden.
• Mobilabonnemanget är prisvärt trots att det finns en bindningstid.

The original sentence is shorter and more natural.

The last part of the compound usually determines the gender.

Here the head word is:

• abonnemang

And it is:

• ett abonnemang

So the whole compound is also neuter:

• ett mobilabonnemang

That is why the definite form is mobilabonnemanget, and that is also why the adjective becomes prisvärt.

This is a very useful rule for Swedish compounds.