Questions & Answers about Ställningen är två mot ett.
What does ställningen mean in this sentence?
Here, ställningen means the score or the current standing in a game, match, or competition.
The noun ställning has several meanings in Swedish, such as position, posture, stand, or standing, but in sports and similar contexts it commonly means the score.
So in this sentence, it is not about physical position; it is about the result so far.
Why is it ställningen and not just ställning?
Because -en is the definite ending.
- ställning = a score / a standing
- ställningen = the score / the standing
Swedish often puts definiteness at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.
So ställningen är två mot ett literally has the score as its subject.
What is the grammar of the sentence?
It is a very standard Swedish statement:
- Ställningen = subject
- är = verb
- två mot ett = subject complement / predicative expression
So the pattern is:
subject + verb + information about the subject
This is the normal word order in a simple Swedish main clause.