Jeg forstår meningen med teksten bedre nu.

Because forstår is the present tense form of the verb at forstå (to understand).

• at forstå = to understand
• jeg forstår = I understand

In Danish, the present tense usually ends in -r, so many learners quickly get used to forms like:

• jeg bor = I live
• jeg læser = I read / am reading
• jeg forstår = I understand

Unlike English, Danish does not change the verb for I / you / he / we / they in the present tense.

Meningen means the meaning.

The base noun is mening = meaning / opinion / point, and the ending -en makes it definite:

• en mening = a meaning / an opinion
• meningen = the meaning / the point

In this sentence, it refers to a specific meaning: the meaning of the text.

English would normally say the meaning of the text, but Danish often uses med in this expression:

• meningen med teksten = the meaning of the text

So this is a very natural Danish structure. Word-for-word, med usually means with, but in some expressions it corresponds better to English of, behind, or in depending on context.

You will also see similar patterns such as:

• Hvad er meningen med det? = What’s the point/meaning of that?
• Jeg forstår meningen med bogen. = I understand the meaning of the book.

Because teksten means the text, while en tekst means a text.

• en tekst = a text
• teksten = the text

Here the speaker is talking about a specific text, so the definite form is used.

Also note that Danish usually adds definiteness to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the:

• bog → bogen
• tekst → teksten
• mening → meningen

Bedre is the comparative form of god (good) and works here like better in English.

• god = good
• bedre = better
• bedst = best

In the sentence, bedre modifies forstår:

• Jeg forstår ... bedre nu = I understand ... better now

So it functions like an adverb here, even though the form is the same as the comparative adjective.

Putting nu at the end is very natural in Danish. It gives the sense of now / by now / at this point.

• Jeg forstår meningen med teksten bedre nu. = I understand the meaning of the text better now.

You can move nu, but the word order and emphasis may change. For example:

• Nu forstår jeg meningen med teksten bedre. This puts more focus on now.

Both are possible, but the original sentence sounds very normal.

It is just the normal present tense and can cover both ideas depending on context.

Danish does not usually distinguish between:

• I understand
• I am understanding

So jeg forstår can mean either, depending on the situation. In this sentence, the natural English translation is usually:

• I understand the meaning of the text better now.

Yes, but it means something slightly different.

• Jeg forstår teksten bedre nu = I understand the text better now.
• Jeg forstår meningen med teksten bedre nu = I understand the meaning of the text better now.

The first version is a bit broader and more direct. The second version specifically focuses on the meaning or message of the text.

So both are correct, but the original sentence is more explicit.

Because Danish usually attaches the to the end of the noun.

Examples:

• en bog = a book

• bogen = the book

• en tekst = a text

• teksten = the text

• en mening = a meaning
• meningen = the meaning

This is one of the biggest structural differences from English. Instead of a separate article before the noun, Danish often uses a suffix.

The basic order is:

subject + verb + object + adverb

So:

• Jeg = subject
• forstår = verb
• meningen med teksten = object
• bedre nu = adverbial part

This gives:

• Jeg forstår meningen med teksten bedre nu.

Danish main clauses often follow this pattern when nothing special is being emphasized.

Yes. Danish follows the verb-second rule in main clauses. That means the finite verb usually comes in the second position.

So if you move nu to the front, you must invert the subject and verb:

• Nu forstår jeg meningen med teksten bedre.

Not:

• Nu jeg forstår ... ❌

This is very important in Danish. Compare:

• Jeg forstår det nu.
• Nu forstår jeg det.

Both are correct, but the second one follows verb-second word order.

It can mean different kinds of text, depending on context.

Most often in a sentence like this, teksten means a written passage, article, book excerpt, song lyrics, or similar.

For a text message, Danish often uses:

• en sms
• sometimes en besked

So in this sentence, a learner would normally understand teksten as the text/passage, not the text message.

Often the main stress would fall on the most important new information, especially bedre or nu, depending on what the speaker wants to highlight.

For example:

• Jeg forstår meningen med teksten bedre nu. Emphasis on improvement.

• Jeg forstår meningen med teksten bedre nu. Emphasis on the fact that this is true now, perhaps after some difficulty before.

You do not need to stress every word strongly. Danish sentence rhythm is usually fairly smooth, with emphasis on the key information.