Ved De, om klinikken åbner tidligt i morgen, eller skal jeg komme senere?

De is the formal way to say you in Danish. It is capitalized to distinguish it from de, which normally means they.

In this sentence, Ved De ... ? means Do you know ... ? addressed politely, for example to a receptionist, doctor, or someone you do not know well.

In modern spoken Danish, many people would more often use du instead of De, because De can sound quite formal, old-fashioned, or especially polite depending on the situation.

Danish uses vide for to know in the sense of knowing a fact or piece of information.

So:

• Ved De, om ... ? = Do you know whether ... ?

By contrast, kende means to know in the sense of being familiar with a person, place, or thing.

For example:

• Jeg ved det. = I know it / I know that.
• Jeg kender lægen. = I know the doctor.

So Ved De is the correct choice because the speaker is asking for information.

Because this is a question, and Danish typically uses verb-first word order in main yes/no questions.

So:

• De ved det. = You know it.
• Ved De det? = Do you know it?

In the sentence:

• Ved De, om klinikken åbner tidligt i morgen ... ?

the verb ved comes first because the whole sentence begins as a direct question.

Here, om means whether / if.

It introduces an embedded question:

• om klinikken åbner tidligt i morgen
• whether the clinic opens early tomorrow

This is very common after verbs like vide:

• Jeg ved ikke, om han kommer. = I don’t know if he is coming.
• Ved du, om det er åbent? = Do you know whether it is open?

So in this sentence, om links Do you know with the thing being asked about.

Klinikken means the clinic. The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun.

Danish often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

Compare:

• en klinik = a clinic
• klinikken = the clinic

So om klinikken åbner ... means whether the clinic opens ...

Danish often uses the present tense to talk about the future, especially when the time is already clear from context.

Here, i morgen already tells us the action is in the future:

• klinikken åbner tidligt i morgen
• literally: the clinic opens early tomorrow

This is very natural in Danish, just as English can sometimes say:

• The clinic opens early tomorrow.

So there is no need for a special future form here.

Again, this is because it is a question.

The second clause is effectively another question after eller:

• eller skal jeg komme senere?
• or should I come later?

In Danish main questions, the verb usually comes before the subject:

• Jeg skal komme senere. = I should come later.
• Skal jeg komme senere? = Should I come later?

So the word order changes because the speaker is asking.

Here, skal means something like should, am I supposed to, or do I need to.

So:

• skal jeg komme senere?

can mean:

• should I come later?
• am I supposed to come later?
• do I need to come later?

It is not necessarily a strong future marker here. It is more about what is appropriate or expected.

Yes, in a way. Eller means or, and it connects two alternatives:

1. whether the clinic opens early tomorrow
2. or whether I should come later

So the whole sentence presents two possible outcomes:

• maybe the clinic opens early
• otherwise maybe I should come later

This is very natural in both Danish and English.

Yes. In everyday modern Danish, that would often be more common:

• Ved du, om klinikken åbner tidligt i morgen, eller skal jeg komme senere?

That is the informal version.

Use De if you want to be especially polite or formal, or if the context calls for it. Use du in most ordinary modern situations unless you know a more formal style is expected.

Yes. I morgen is placed after tidligt here:

• åbner tidligt i morgen

This is a very natural word order in Danish. It keeps tidligt closely connected to åbner, and then adds the time expression i morgen.

You may hear slightly different word orders in Danish depending on emphasis, but this version sounds normal and clear.

A natural less formal version would be:

• Ved du, om klinikken åbner tidligt i morgen, eller skal jeg komme senere?

If you wanted to sound even a bit softer or more conversational, you might also hear:

• Ved du, om klinikken åbner tidligt i morgen, eller om jeg skal komme senere?

That version repeats om and makes the two alternatives feel more parallel.

In standard Danish, De is typically pronounced something like dee.

A learner should mainly remember:

• De = formal you
• de = they

Although they are spelled differently only by capitalization in writing, context usually makes the meaning clear. In speech, learners often notice that Danish pronunciation can be reduced in fast conversation, but saying it clearly as dee is a good starting point.