Jeg går til skolen om morgenen.

Because går is the present tense form of the verb at gå.

• at gå = to go / to walk
• jeg går = I go / I am going / I walk

In Danish, the verb changes form for tense, but not for person the way it often does in English.

So:

• jeg går = I go
• du går = you go
• han/hun går = he/she goes

The same form går is used with all of them in the present tense.

It can mean either, depending on context.

at gå often means:

• to walk
• to go

So Jeg går til skolen om morgenen could suggest:

• I go to school in the morning
• or more literally I walk to the school in the morning

In real usage, Danish often uses gå where English would simply say go, especially in routine expressions. Context usually tells you whether actual walking is important.

If you specifically want to say I drive to school, you would use another verb, such as:

• Jeg kører til skolen om morgenen. = I drive/go to school in the morning.

til means to.

So:

• til skolen = to the school

This preposition is used when there is movement toward a destination.

Examples:

• Jeg går til skolen. = I go to the school.
• Hun kommer til byen. = She comes to the city.

A learner may notice that English often says to school without the, but Danish does not always match English exactly. In this sentence, skolen is the definite form, so it literally means the school.

Because skolen is the definite form: the school.

In Danish, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun:

• en skole = a school
• skolen = the school

So:

• til skole would not normally work in this sentence as written
• til skolen = to the school

This is one of the big differences from English: instead of putting the before the noun, Danish often adds -en, -et, or another definite ending to the noun itself.

Yes — and that is actually a very important expression to know.

• gå i skole = go to school / attend school

This usually refers to the general activity of being a student or going to school as part of your routine, not literally going to a specific school building.

So there is a difference:

• Jeg går i skole om morgenen. = I go to school in the morning.
  
  • more idiomatic for the general idea
• Jeg går til skolen om morgenen. = I go/walk to the school in the morning.
  
  • more literal, focusing on movement toward the school

English speakers often expect to school, but Danish very often uses i skole for the general expression.

Because om morgenen is the normal way to say in the morning.

• morgen = morning
• morgenen = the morning
• om morgenen = in the morning

Danish often uses a definite form in time expressions like this.

Compare:

• om morgenen = in the morning
• om aftenen = in the evening
• om natten = at night / during the night

So even though English does not say in the morning-the, Danish uses the definite form here.

Here, om is used in a time expression.

In this sentence:

• om morgenen = in the morning

So om does not mean about here. It has several meanings in Danish depending on context.

For example:

• en bog om Danmark = a book about Denmark
• om morgenen = in the morning

This is very common in Danish: the same small word can have several uses, and you learn them through set expressions and context.

The word order is very typical Danish main-clause word order:

• Jeg = subject
• går = verb
• til skolen = destination
• om morgenen = time expression

So the pattern is:

Subject + verb + other information

That gives:

Jeg går til skolen om morgenen.

This is similar to basic English word order.

You could also move the time expression to the front:

• Om morgenen går jeg til skolen.

When that happens, Danish keeps the verb in second position, which is a very important rule in main clauses.

går can be tricky for English speakers because of the vowel.

A rough guide:

• går sounds somewhat like gor or gore, but not exactly
• the å sound is deeper and more rounded than a typical English o

Also:

• the r may be quite soft depending on the speaker and accent

You do not need a perfect English spelling equivalent, because there really is not one. The important thing is to recognize å as a separate Danish vowel sound.

Usually it sounds habitual, especially because of om morgenen.

So the sentence most naturally suggests:

• this is something the speaker does regularly in the morning

Danish present tense can cover both:

• habitual actions: I go to school in the morning
• actions happening now: I am going to the school

But the time phrase om morgenen makes a routine interpretation much more likely.

Yes.

• om morgenen = in the morning
• hver morgen = every morning

So:

• Jeg går til skolen om morgenen. = I go to the school in the morning.
• Jeg går til skolen hver morgen. = I go to the school every morning.

hver morgen sounds more explicitly repetitive. om morgenen can also suggest a regular pattern, but in a slightly broader way.