Vi kører ind på en tankstation for at købe benzin og lidt vand til turen.

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Breakdown of Vi kører ind på en tankstation for at købe benzin og lidt vand til turen.

• en: a
• vandet: the water
• vi: we

Questions & Answers about Vi kører ind på en tankstation for at købe benzin og lidt vand til turen.

Why does Vi kører mean we are driving / we drive here?

In Danish, the present tense often covers both the simple present and the present continuous.

So Vi kører can mean:

• We drive
• We are driving

In this sentence, the context makes it sound like we are driving or we’re pulling in.

The verb at køre usually means to drive, to ride, or to go by vehicle, depending on context.

What does kører ind på mean exactly?

Kører ind på means something like drive into, pull into, or drive onto.

Here:

• kører = drive
• ind = in / into
• på en tankstation = onto / into a gas station area

So the whole expression suggests entering the area of the gas station, not just heading toward it.

A useful comparison:

• Vi kører til en tankstation = We drive to a gas station
• Vi kører ind på en tankstation = We pull into a gas station

Why is it på en tankstation and not i en tankstation?