Uanset om De kommer med tog eller bus, kan De nå mødet, hvis De går med det samme.

De is the formal Danish word for you. It is traditionally capitalized to show respect.

So in this sentence, the speaker is addressing someone politely, a bit like older or very formal English using titles instead of a first name.

A few useful related forms are:

• De = you, as subject
• Dem = you, as object
• Deres = your

In modern everyday Danish, people usually use du instead of De, so this sentence sounds formal, polite, or somewhat old-fashioned.

Uanset om means regardless of whether or whether ... or ...

It introduces two alternatives that do not change the result.

In this sentence:

• Uanset om De kommer med tog eller bus
  = Whether you come by train or bus / Regardless of whether you come by train or bus

It is a very useful expression. For example:

• Uanset om det regner eller sner, går vi ud.
  = Regardless of whether it rains or snows, we are going out.

This is because of Danish word order.

When a clause like Uanset om De kommer med tog eller bus comes first, the main clause follows the verb-second rule. That means the finite verb comes before the subject:

• ..., kan De nå mødet

So the order is:

• first element: Uanset om De kommer med tog eller bus
• then finite verb: kan
• then subject: De

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

• De kan nå mødet.

This is very common in Danish.

After med when talking about means of transport, Danish often leaves out the article.

So:

• med tog = by train
• med bus = by bus
• med bil = by car

This works much like English by train or by bus, where you also do not normally say by a train.

If you add an article, the meaning becomes more specific, for example a particular train or bus.

Literally, yes, med often means with, but here it means by in English.

So:

• komme med tog = come by train
• komme med bus = come by bus

This is just the normal Danish way to express transport.

So although the literal wording looks a bit like come with train, the natural English translation is come by train.

Nå often means reach, get to, or manage to make it in time.

In this sentence:

• kan De nå mødet
  means something like
  can you make it to the meeting or can you get to the meeting in time

So nå is not just about physically arriving somewhere. It often includes the idea of arriving before it is too late.

Some examples:

• Kan du nå toget?
  = Can you catch the train?
• Jeg nåede ikke bussen.
  = I didn’t make the bus / I missed the bus.

Mødet is the definite form of møde:

• et møde = a meeting
• mødet = the meeting

Danish usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun rather than putting a separate word in front, unlike English.

So here, mødet means a specific meeting that both speaker and listener already know about.

Hvis means if.

It introduces a condition:

• hvis De går med det samme
  = if you leave right away / if you go immediately

So the structure is:

• main result: kan De nå mødet
• condition: hvis De går med det samme

This is a very common conditional pattern in Danish.

Not necessarily.

Gå can mean walk, but it can also mean go or leave, depending on context.

In this sentence, går med det samme most naturally means:

• leave immediately
• go right away

It does not necessarily mean the person is walking to the meeting. They may still be taking a train or bus. The idea is simply that they must set off at once.

Med det samme means immediately, right away, or at once.

It is a fixed expression, so it is best learned as a whole phrase.

Examples:

• Kom med det samme!
  = Come immediately!
• Jeg gør det med det samme.
  = I’ll do it right away.

So in your sentence:

• hvis De går med det samme
  = if you leave right away

Because after hvis, Danish uses normal subordinate clause word order.

That means the subject comes before the verb:

• hvis De går
• not hvis går De

This is different from the main clause, where Danish often has inversion:

• kan De nå mødet

So the sentence shows both patterns:

• subordinate clause: hvis De går med det samme
• main clause: kan De nå mødet

Danish normally uses commas to separate clauses.

Here you have:

1. Uanset om De kommer med tog eller bus
2. kan De nå mødet
3. hvis De går med det samme

So the commas help show where one clause ends and the next begins.

In Danish comma style, it is very common to put a comma before subordinate clauses such as one introduced by hvis. You will often see this in written Danish.

The grammar is perfectly correct, but De makes it sound formal.

A more everyday modern version would usually use du:

• Uanset om du kommer med tog eller bus, kan du nå mødet, hvis du går med det samme.

So the original sentence is correct, but it sounds like:

• polite
• official
• somewhat old-fashioned
• possibly written rather than casual spoken Danish

Yes, that is a very good way to understand it.

The structure is:

• Uanset om X = regardless of whether X
• kan De Y = you can Y
• hvis Z = if Z

Applied to this sentence:

• X = you come by train or bus
• Y = make it to the meeting
• Z = leave immediately

So the logic is:

No matter which transport you use, you can make the meeting if you leave right away.