Hvis appen lukker under mødet, må jeg genåbne den med det samme.

If the app closes during the meeting, I have to reopen it right away.

Breakdown of Hvis appen lukker under mødet, må jeg genåbne den med det samme.

• jeg: I
• den: it
• hvis: if
• mødet: the meeting

Questions & Answers about Hvis appen lukker under mødet, må jeg genåbne den med det samme.

Why is it må jeg and not jeg må after the comma?

Because Danish main clauses normally follow verb-second word order. When the sentence begins with Hvis appen lukker under mødet, that whole hvis-clause takes the first position, so the finite verb of the main clause comes next: må, then the subject jeg.

Without the opening clause, the basic word order would be Jeg må genåbne den med det samme.

Why is it appen instead of just app?

Danish usually shows the by adding an ending to the noun.

• en app = an app
• appen = the app

So -en is the definite ending here.

Why does it use den for the app?

Because app is a common-gender noun: en app. When you refer back to an en-word, you normally use den.

• en app ... den
• et program ... det

So den matches the gender of appen.

Does under really mean during here?

Yes. Under can be used in a time sense as well as a physical sense.

Here, under mødet means during the meeting, not physically underneath anything. This is very normal Danish usage.