Appen er åbenbart nede igen, så jeg kan overhovedet ikke logge ind.

The app is apparently down again, so I cannot log in at all.

Breakdown of Appen er åbenbart nede igen, så jeg kan overhovedet ikke logge ind.

• jeg: I
• være: to be
• så: so
• igen: again

Questions & Answers about Appen er åbenbart nede igen, så jeg kan overhovedet ikke logge ind.

Why is it appen and not just app?

Appen means the app.

In Danish, nouns usually add a suffix to show definiteness:

• en app = an app
• appen = the app

So Appen er ... means The app is ...

Because app is a common-gender noun, the definite ending is -en.

What does åbenbart mean here?

Here åbenbart means something like apparently, evidently, or it seems.

So:

• Appen er åbenbart nede igen = The app is apparently down again

Depending on context, åbenbart can sometimes sound like:

• the speaker has just realized it
• the speaker is drawing an obvious conclusion
• the situation is annoyingly clear

In everyday speech, it often carries a slight feeling of "well, clearly..."

Why does nede mean down? Doesn't it literally mean down/below?

Yes. Nede literally means down or down there, but in tech contexts it works just like English down:

• Serveren er nede = The server is down
• Hjemmesiden er nede = The website is down
• Appen er nede = The app is down

So this is a normal idiomatic use, not a strange metaphor.