Jo hurtigere jeg går til stationen, jo større chance har jeg for at nå toget.

It means the ... the ..., just like in English comparisons such as:

• The faster I walk, the better
• The sooner you leave, the earlier you arrive

So:

• Jo hurtigere ... = The faster ...
• jo større chance ... = the greater the chance ...

This is a very common pattern in Danish for showing that one thing changes together with another.

Because Danish uses jo ... jo ... to link the two comparative parts of the sentence.

Structure:

• Jo + comparative + clause, jo + comparative + clause

In this sentence:

• Jo hurtigere jeg går til stationen
• jo større chance har jeg for at nå toget

That literally corresponds to:

• The faster I go to the station,
• the greater chance I have of catching the train.

Both halves need jo in this construction.

Hurtigere is the comparative form meaning faster.

It comes from hurtig = fast/quick.

Here it functions adverbially, describing how the person goes/walks to the station.

Forms:

• hurtig = fast, quick
• hurtigt = quickly / fast
• hurtigere = faster / more quickly

So:

• jeg går hurtigere = I walk faster

In the sentence, jo hurtigere means the faster.

Because after jo større you need the noun in its basic indefinite form:

• chance = chance
• chancen = the chance

Here Danish is saying a greater chance, not the greater chance.

So:

• jo større chance = the greater chance

Even though English uses the in this pattern, Danish does not use the definite form of the noun here.

Because Danish is a V2 language, which means the finite verb usually comes in second position in main clauses.

In the second half, jo større chance comes first, so the verb har must come before the subject jeg:

• jo større chance har jeg ...

This inversion is normal Danish word order after a fronted element.

Compare:

• Jeg har en stor chance
• I have a big chance

But when something else comes first:

• I dag har jeg tid
• Today I have time

Same pattern here:

• jo større chance har jeg ...

Because stationen means the station, and in this sentence we are talking about a specific station.

• station = station
• stationen = the station

So:

• jeg går til stationen = I walk/go to the station

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

• tog = train
• toget = the train
• station = station
• stationen = the station

Literally, går means walks/goes on foot.

So the most direct meaning is:

• I walk to the station

In some contexts English might translate it more naturally as go to the station, but the Danish verb gå specifically suggests going by foot.

If you wanted a more general go, Danish might use tage til, komme til, or another verb depending on context.

It means I have of catching the train or more naturally I have of making the train / catching the train.

The expression is:

• have chance for at ... = have a chance of ... = have a chance to ...

So:

• større chance har jeg for at nå toget = the greater chance I have of catching the train

A very literal breakdown:

• har jeg = I have
• for at nå = of managing to catch / to reach in time
• toget = the train

Here nå means catch, make, or reach in time.

So:

• nå toget literally means something like reach the train in time
• natural English: catch the train / make the train

This verb is very common in Danish for being in time for something:

• Jeg nåede bussen = I caught the bus
• Vi når det ikke = We won’t make it

So at nå toget is a very natural Danish expression.

Because Danish often uses for at after nouns like chance, mulighed, or similar expressions.

• en chance for at gøre noget = a chance to do something = a chance of doing something

So:

• chance for at nå toget = chance of catching the train

This is idiomatic Danish. English may use either:

• chance to catch the train
• chance of catching the train

Danish uses for at + infinitive here.

Because the sentence has two linked clauses:

• Jo hurtigere jeg går til stationen,
• jo større chance har jeg for at nå toget.

Danish commonly separates these parts with a comma. It helps show the boundary between the two halves of the jo ... jo ... construction.

So the comma is both natural and helpful here.

Yes. A very useful pattern is:

• Jo + comparative + clause, jo + comparative + clause

Examples:

• Jo mere jeg læser, jo mere lærer jeg. = The more I read, the more I learn.

• Jo tidligere du kommer, jo bedre. = The earlier you come, the better.

• Jo hurtigere jeg går til stationen, jo større chance har jeg for at nå toget. = The faster I walk to the station, the greater chance I have of catching the train.

If you learn this as a chunk, it becomes much easier to build similar sentences.

Yes. Danish offers a few natural alternatives, for example:

• Jo hurtigere jeg går til stationen, desto større chance har jeg for at nå toget.

Here desto can replace the second jo. This is also correct, though jo ... jo ... is very common and straightforward.

You might also hear a more everyday rephrasing such as:

• Hvis jeg går hurtigere til stationen, har jeg større chance for at nå toget. = If I walk faster to the station, I have a better chance of catching the train.

But the original sentence is perfectly natural and expresses the comparison very clearly.