Styret føles løst, og det lave gear virker heller ikke ordentligt.

Here, styret most likely means the handlebars or the steering/steering assembly, depending on context.

Because the sentence also mentions gear, many learners would understand this as something about a bike, so styret is very naturally read as the handlebars.

So:

• et styr = a handlebar / steering unit
• styret = the handlebar(s) / the steering

That is a very common thing to notice.

In English, handlebars is normally plural. In Danish, et styr is often treated as a singular noun referring to the whole handlebar unit as one object.

So even though the English translation may be plural, Danish uses:

• et styr = handlebars
• styret = the handlebars

This is just a vocabulary difference between the two languages, not a special grammar rule.

Because Danish usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun.

So:

• et styr = a handlebar / handlebars
• styret = the handlebar / the handlebars

The ending -et is doing the job that English the does.

This is very common in Danish:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car
• et gear = a gear
• gearet = the gear

Because føles is the natural Danish form for feels in a sentence like this.

Compare:

• Jeg føler noget = I feel something
• Styret føles løst = The handlebars feel loose

In other words:

• føler is used when someone actively feels something
• føles is used when something feels a certain way

So Styret føles løst means The handlebars feel loose, not that the handlebars are doing the feeling.

This -s form is very common in Danish in this kind of expression:

• Det føles godt = It feels good
• Stoffet føles blødt = The fabric feels soft

Because løst agrees with the noun styret, which is a neuter noun.

The basic adjective is:

• løs = loose

But with a neuter singular noun, it becomes:

• løst

So:

• en kæde er løs = a chain is loose
• et styr er løst = a handlebar/steering unit is loose

In the sentence, løst is a predicative adjective after føles, but it still agrees with the noun.

Two things are happening here:

1. gear is a neuter noun, so the indefinite form is:

   • et lavt gear = a low gear

2. When the noun is definite, Danish usually uses:

   • det
     • adjective in -e form + noun

So:

• et lavt gear = a low gear
• det lave gear = the low gear

That is why you get lave, not lavt, in this sentence.

A useful pattern:

• en stor bil → den store bil
• et stort hus → det store hus
• et lavt gear → det lave gear

Yes. Gear is completely normal in Danish, especially for vehicles and bicycles.

In Danish, it is a neuter noun, so:

• et gear = a gear
• gearet = the gear

That is why the sentence says:

• det lave gear

Even though the word looks English, it behaves like a regular Danish noun with grammatical gender.

Here, virker means works or functions.

So:

• det lave gear virker ikke ordentligt = the low gear does not work properly

Be careful, because virke can also mean seem in other contexts:

• Det virker mærkeligt = It seems strange

But in this sentence, because it is talking about a mechanical part and uses ordentligt, the meaning is clearly work/function.

Heller ikke means not either or also not.

It adds another negative idea:

• first problem: Styret føles løst
• second problem: det lave gear virker heller ikke ordentligt

So the sentence is saying that in addition, the low gear also does not work properly.

A few comparisons:

• også = also
• ikke = not
• heller ikke = not either / also not

So you would say:

• Bremsen virker ikke, og lyset virker heller ikke.
  = The brake doesn’t work, and the light doesn’t work either.

Because this is normal Danish main-clause word order.

In the second clause:

• det lave gear = subject
• virker = finite verb
• heller ikke = adverbial negative expression
• ordentligt = adverb

So the order is: subject + finite verb + adverbial(s)

That gives:

• det lave gear virker heller ikke ordentligt

This is very typical after og, because og is linking two main clauses:

• Styret føles løst
• og det lave gear virker heller ikke ordentligt

Because ordentligt is being used as an adverb, meaning properly.

The adjective is:

• ordentlig = proper, decent

The adverb is:

• ordentligt = properly

So:

• en ordentlig reparation = a proper repair
• Det virker ordentligt = it works properly

In this sentence, ordentligt modifies the verb virker, not the noun gear.

Yes, absolutely.

You could say:

• Det lave gear fungerer heller ikke ordentligt.

That sounds very natural.

A rough difference:

• virker = works, functions, operates
• fungerer = functions, works

In many mechanical contexts, both are fine. Fungerer can sound a little more specifically about functioning, while virker is broader and extremely common.

So both of these are good:

• Det lave gear virker ikke ordentligt.
• Det lave gear fungerer ikke ordentligt.