Hvis min cykel er ødelagt, afleverer jeg den på værkstedet i morgen.

This is because Danish is a V2 language in main clauses: the finite verb normally comes in the second position.

In this sentence, the first position is taken by the whole if-clause:

Hvis min cykel er ødelagt

So in the main clause, the verb must come next:

afleverer jeg den på værkstedet i morgen

That is why you get:

• Hvis min cykel er ødelagt, afleverer jeg den ...
• not Hvis min cykel er ødelagt, jeg afleverer den ...

This is one of the most important Danish word-order patterns to learn.

Danish often uses the present tense to talk about the future, especially when there is a clear time expression like i morgen.

So:

• Jeg afleverer den i morgen = I’m taking it in tomorrow / I will hand it in tomorrow

This works much like English in sentences such as:

• I’m leaving tomorrow
• She comes back next week

Danish does have ways to make the future more explicit, such as vil, but it is very common and natural to use the present tense here.

Hvis means if and introduces a condition.

So the sentence means that taking the bike to the workshop depends on whether the bike is broken.

Use hvis when the situation is uncertain or conditional:

• Hvis min cykel er ødelagt ... = If my bike is broken ...

Use når when something is expected to happen, or when you mean when rather than if:

• Når min cykel er repareret ... = When my bike is repaired ...

So in this sentence, hvis is the correct choice because the speaker is setting up a condition.

It is best understood here as describing a state: the bike is broken.

• er = is
• ødelagt = broken / damaged

Historically, ødelagt is a past participle, but in sentences like this it functions very much like an adjective describing the condition of the bike.

So:

• Cyklen er ødelagt = The bike is broken

This is different from an active meaning like has broken something. The sentence is not about the bike damaging something else; it is about the bike being in a damaged state.

Because cykel is a common-gender noun in Danish.

That affects both:

• the possessive: min cykel = my bike
• the pronoun: den = it

Danish nouns are mainly either:

• common gender → typically use en, min, den
• neuter gender → typically use et, mit, det

Since cykel is common gender:

• en cykel
• min cykel
• den

If it were a neuter noun, you would expect forms like mit and det instead.

Because once min cykel has already been mentioned, Danish normally uses a pronoun to avoid repeating the noun unnecessarily.

So:

• Hvis min cykel er ødelagt, afleverer jeg den ...

is more natural than repeating min cykel again.

This works just like English:

• If my bike is broken, I take it to the repair shop tomorrow
• not usually If my bike is broken, I take my bike to the repair shop tomorrow

With aflevere in this kind of context, på værkstedet is the normal, idiomatic choice.

• aflevere noget på værkstedet = hand something in at/to the workshop for repair

Here, på is not just literal on. In Danish, certain places and institutions are commonly used with på, especially in fixed expressions.

Til værkstedet would focus more on movement toward the workshop, while på værkstedet is the standard way to express leaving it there for service or repair.

So even though English says to the repair shop, Danish naturally says på værkstedet in this phrase.

Værkstedet is the definite form: the workshop / the repair shop.

Danish often uses the definite form where English also uses the, especially when the place is understood from the situation.

So:

• et værksted = a workshop
• værkstedet = the workshop

In this sentence, the speaker means the relevant workshop where the bike would be taken for repair, so the definite form sounds natural.

Because the first part is a subordinate clause introduced by hvis.

So the sentence is structured like this:

• Hvis min cykel er ødelagt = subordinate clause
• afleverer jeg den på værkstedet i morgen = main clause

In standard Danish writing, a comma is normally placed between these two clauses.

So the comma helps show the boundary between:

1. the condition
2. the main statement

Yes. Danish allows some flexibility with time expressions, though the meaning and emphasis can shift slightly.

The given sentence is natural:

• Hvis min cykel er ødelagt, afleverer jeg den på værkstedet i morgen.

But you could also say:

• I morgen afleverer jeg den på værkstedet, hvis min cykel er ødelagt.
• Hvis min cykel er ødelagt, afleverer jeg den i morgen på værkstedet.

The original version sounds very natural and neutral. Placing i morgen at the end is a common way to add the time after the main action and object.