Når den nye levering kommer, peger jeg på den her dør, så chaufføren ikke ringer på den forkerte ringeklokke.

Når means when in the sense of something that happens regularly, typically, or in the future when it occurs.

In this sentence, Når den nye levering kommer means When the new delivery arrives.

A learner often compares når with:

• da = when for a specific event in the past
• hvis = if

So here:

• Når den nye levering kommer = When the new delivery comes/arrives
• not Hvis den nye levering kommer, because that would sound more like if the delivery comes
• not Da den nye levering kom, because that would refer to a past event

This is because Danish uses verb-second word order in main clauses.

The first part, Når den nye levering kommer, is a subordinate clause. When that whole clause is placed at the beginning, the main clause follows with the verb first, then the subject:

• Når den nye levering kommer, peger jeg ...

If you started directly with the main clause, you would say:

• Jeg peger på den her dør ...

So the word order changes because the sentence begins with another element.

This is very common in Danish:

• I morgen kommer han.
• Når jeg er hjemme, ringer jeg.

In Danish, when you have a definite noun with an adjective, you usually need both:

1. a separate definite article like den, det, or de
2. the adjective in its definite form
3. usually the noun in its base form

So:

• en levering = a delivery
• leveringen = the delivery
• den nye levering = the new delivery

This is a very important pattern:

• den store bil = the big car
• det gamle hus = the old house
• de røde sko = the red shoes

Both mean this door, but they are used a bit differently.

• den her dør is very common in everyday spoken Danish
• denne dør is correct too, but it can sound more formal, written, or careful

So in normal speech, den her dør feels very natural.

Compare:

• den her stol = this chair
• denne stol = this chair (more formal or written)

For a learner, it is useful to know that den her / det her / de her are extremely common in spoken Danish.

Because the verb is pege på, which means to point at/to point to.

So:

• jeg peger på døren = I point at the door

You normally cannot just say jeg peger døren.

This is one of those verb + preposition combinations that you simply need to learn as a unit:

• vente på = wait for
• tænke på = think about
• lytte til = listen to
• pege på = point at

Here så means so that.

In this sentence:

• ..., så chaufføren ikke ringer på den forkerte ringeklokke.
• ..., so that the driver doesn’t ring the wrong doorbell.

Danish så can have different meanings depending on context. It can mean:

• then
• so
• so that

Here it introduces the purpose/result of pointing at the door.

A more formal alternative could sometimes be sådan at, but så is very natural in everyday Danish.

Chaufføren means the driver.

The definite form is used because the driver is understood as the specific driver connected with the delivery. Even if the person has not been mentioned before, the situation makes it clear which driver is meant.

This is very natural in Danish, just as in English you might say:

• the driver
• the delivery guy

So:

• en chauffør = a driver
• chaufføren = the driver

In this context, chaufføren sounds more natural because it refers to the expected delivery driver.

Because this is a subordinate clause, and in Danish subordinate clauses the negation ikke usually comes before the finite verb.

So:

• chaufføren ikke ringer på ...

Compare that with a main clause:

• Chaufføren ringer ikke på ...

This is a very important Danish word-order difference:

Main clause

• Jeg kommer ikke.
• Han ringer ikke på.

Subordinate clause

• ..., fordi jeg ikke kommer.
• ..., så han ikke ringer på.

So the position of ikke is a strong clue that you are in a subordinate clause.

Because ringe på means to ring the doorbell / ring at someone’s door.

The verb ringe by itself usually means to call or to ring in a more general sense:

• Jeg ringer til dig. = I’m calling you.
• Telefonen ringer. = The phone is ringing.

But:

• ringe på døren
• ringe på ringeklokken
• ringe på hos nogen

all relate to ringing at a door / pressing a doorbell.

So in this sentence, ringer på den forkerte ringeklokke means rings the wrong doorbell.

Because the idea is not just some wrong doorbell, but the wrong doorbell in this situation.

In context, there are likely several possible bells, and the speaker wants to make sure the driver does not choose the incorrect one. That is why the definite form sounds natural:

• den forkerte ringeklokke = the wrong doorbell

Compare:

• Han tog den forkerte bus. = He took the wrong bus.
• Jeg brugte den forkerte nøgle. = I used the wrong key.

English often works the same way.

Yes, levering is a normal Danish word for delivery, especially when talking about goods being delivered.

However, depending on context, Danish might also use expressions like:

• pakke = package/parcel
• bestilling = order
• forsendelse = shipment, consignment
• leverance = supply/delivery, often a bit more formal or business-like

In this sentence, den nye levering sounds like the new delivery or the next delivery shipment, which is perfectly natural.

Yes. Ankommer means arrives, and it is a bit more specific and slightly more formal than kommer.

So both are possible:

• Når den nye levering kommer ...
• Når den nye levering ankommer ...

The version with kommer is very natural and common in everyday speech. Danish often uses komme where English would specifically say arrive.

Because den can do several different jobs in Danish.

In this sentence, it appears in different ways:

1. den nye levering
   Here den is a separate definite article before an adjective:
   the new delivery

2. den her dør
   Here den is part of the demonstrative expression den her:
   this door

3. den forkerte ringeklokke
   Again, den is the definite article before an adjective:
   the wrong doorbell

So even though the word looks the same, its exact role depends on the phrase.

This is very normal in Danish and can feel repetitive to English speakers at first.

Yes, in standard Danish spelling, commas are normally used to separate clauses like this.

Here the sentence has:

• a subordinate clause at the beginning: Når den nye levering kommer
• a main clause: peger jeg på den her dør
• another subordinate clause after så: så chaufføren ikke ringer på den forkerte ringeklokke

So the commas help show the structure clearly.

Danish comma rules can feel more clause-based than English comma rules, so learners often notice more commas than they expect.

Yes, both can refer to a doorbell.

• ringeklokke literally suggests a bell for ringing
• dørklokke literally means doorbell

In many contexts they overlap. Ringeklokke is very natural here, especially when talking about choosing the correct bell in a building with multiple bells.

So the sentence is idiomatic as it stands.