Uanset hvor vi parkerer, ser jeg efter, om et hjul står for tæt på kanten.

Yes. Uanset hvor is a very common pattern meaning no matter where or regardless of where.

• uanset = regardless of / no matter
• hvor = where

So:

• Uanset hvor vi parkerer = No matter where we park

You can treat uanset + question word as a useful structure:

• uanset hvem = no matter who
• uanset hvad = no matter what
• uanset hvornår = no matter when

Because Danish is a V2 language in main clauses. That means the finite verb normally comes in second position.

Here, the sentence starts with the subordinate clause:

• Uanset hvor vi parkerer

That whole clause takes the first position. So the main clause must then begin with the finite verb:

• ser = second position
• jeg = comes after the verb

So:

• Uanset hvor vi parkerer, ser jeg efter ...

If you removed the fronted clause, you would get normal order:

• Jeg ser efter ...

This inversion after an opening element is very typical in Danish.

Yes. Se efter is a verb expression, and here it means something like:

• check
• look to see
• make sure
• inspect

So ser jeg efter, om ... means I check whether ... or I look to see whether ...

It is not the literal English idea of see after.

Also notice that Danish verb particles often appear separated:

• Jeg ser efter bilen = I look for/check the car
• Jeg ser efter, om et hjul står ... = I check whether a wheel is ...

So it is best to learn se efter as a unit.

Here om means whether / if in the sense of an indirect yes-no question.

• ... om et hjul står for tæt på kanten
• ... whether a wheel is too close to the curb/edge

This is different from English, where if and whether often overlap.

In Danish:

• om is used for whether
• hvis is usually used for if in a condition

So:

• Jeg ser efter, om ... = I check whether ...
• Hvis et hjul står for tæt på kanten ... = If a wheel is too close to the curb ...

That is an important difference.

Et hjul is an indefinite singular noun: a wheel.

In this sentence, it is being used in a fairly general sense: the speaker is checking whether any one wheel is too close to the edge. Danish often uses the singular like this where English might also use a wheel.

Possible alternatives would slightly change the emphasis:

• et hjul = a wheel / any wheel
• et af hjulene = one of the wheels
• hjulene = the wheels

So et hjul sounds natural if the point is simply that even one wheel being too close matters.

This is a very Danish way of describing position.

Danish often uses posture/location verbs such as:

• stå = stand
• ligge = lie
• sidde = sit

These are often used where English would just use be.

So:

• et hjul står for tæt på kanten
  literally: a wheel stands too close to the edge

But idiomatically it means:

• a wheel is too close to the curb/edge
• a wheel is positioned too close to the curb/edge

With vehicles and their parts, stå is very common when talking about where something is positioned.

For tæt på means too close to.

Breakdown:

• for = too
• tæt = close
• på = to / near / on, depending on context

So:

• for tæt på kanten = too close to the edge/curb

A very important point is that for here does not mean for in the English sense. It means too, as in excessively.

Examples:

• for dyr = too expensive
• for sent = too late
• for tæt på = too close to

Kanten is the definite form of kant:

• en kant = an edge
• kanten = the edge

Danish usually adds definiteness at the end of the noun rather than using a separate word like the.

In this sentence, the edge is understood as a specific one in the situation, probably the curb or edge by the parking place, so the definite form is natural:

• på kanten = at/on the edge

Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• the edge
• the curb

They reflect standard Danish punctuation around subordinate clauses.

The sentence has:

• an opening subordinate clause: Uanset hvor vi parkerer
• a subordinate clause introduced by om: om et hjul står for tæt på kanten

So the commas help mark those clause boundaries:

• Uanset hvor vi parkerer, ser jeg efter, om et hjul står for tæt på kanten.

For a learner, the useful thing is this:

• Danish very often uses commas to separate subordinate clauses
• a comma before om in this kind of structure is very common and expected

So even if comma rules can get technical, the punctuation here is normal and helpful.

Because the sentence describes a general habit or repeated action, not just one single event.

• Uanset hvor vi parkerer = whenever / no matter where we park
• ser jeg efter = I check
• om et hjul står ... = whether a wheel is ...

Danish, like English, often uses the present tense for things that are generally true or regularly done.

So this is not necessarily about what is happening at this exact second. It can mean something like:

• This is what I always do when we park.

In English, yes, very often:

• I check if a wheel is too close to the curb

That is a natural English translation.

But when learning Danish grammar, it is better to think of om here as whether, because that shows its function more clearly: it introduces an indirect yes-no question.

So:

• natural English: I check if ...
• grammar-focused gloss: I check whether ...

That distinction helps avoid confusing om with hvis.

Yes: it is built from two subordinate clauses around a main clause.

Structure:

• Uanset hvor vi parkerer = subordinate clause
• ser jeg efter = main clause
• om et hjul står for tæt på kanten = subordinate clause

So the sentence pattern is:

• [subordinate clause], [main clause], [subordinate clause]

This is very common in Danish, and it is a good example of two key features:

1. subordinate clauses can come first
2. the main clause then shows verb-second inversion

So if you understand this sentence, you are also learning a very common Danish sentence pattern.