Hvis du drejer ind på den anden vej, kommer du hurtigere til stationen.

Hvis means if. It introduces a condition:

• Hvis du drejer ind på den anden vej = If you turn onto the other road

So the whole sentence has the common pattern:

• If X happens, Y happens

In Danish, hvis is the normal word for this kind of condition.

This is one of the most important Danish word-order rules.

In a main clause, the finite verb normally comes in second position. This is often called the V2 rule.

If the sentence begins with a subordinate clause like:

• Hvis du drejer ind på den anden vej

then that whole clause counts as the first element. After that, the verb of the main clause must come next:

• kommer du hurtigere til stationen

So:

• Hvis ..., kommer du ... is correct
• Hvis ..., du kommer ... is not correct here

This is very similar to German word order, and unlike normal English word order.

Because Danish normally states the subject separately in each clause.

Here there are two clauses:

1. Hvis du drejer ind på den anden vej
2. kommer du hurtigere til stationen

Each clause has its own subject and verb, so du appears in both.

English does the same:

• If you turn onto the other road, you get to the station faster.

At dreje means to turn.

In this sentence, drejer ind på means something like:

• turn into
• turn onto

So:

• dreje ind på en vej = to turn onto / into a road

The little words are important:

• dreje = turn
• ind adds the idea of turning in
• på is the preposition used with the road here

As a whole, dreje ind på den anden vej means turn onto the other road.

In Danish, roads and streets often take på in expressions like this.

So you say:

• dreje ind på en vej
• gå på en vej
• være på vejen

Even if English might use into or onto, Danish often uses på where English would not use on in the same way.

So it is best to learn dreje ind på as a common chunk.

Usually den anden vej means the other road.

But depending on context, it can also sometimes mean the second road. Danish anden can cover both ideas:

• the other
• the second

In a sentence like this, a learner should usually understand it as:

• the other road
• or the next/second road, depending on the situation

The exact meaning comes from context.

Because Danish often uses a double definite structure with adjectives.

When a noun is definite and has an adjective before it, Danish usually uses:

• den/det/de + adjective + noun

So:

• en vej = a road
• vejen = the road
• den anden vej = the other road

You do not normally say anden vejen here.

This is a very common pattern:

• den røde bil = the red car
• det store hus = the big house
• de gamle bøger = the old books

Hurtigere is the comparative form of hurtig:

• hurtig = fast
• hurtigere = faster

So:

• kommer du hurtigere til stationen = you get to the station faster

This is like English fast → faster.

Many Danish adjectives form the comparative with -ere:

• langsom → langsommere
• billig → billigere
• hurtig → hurtigere

Normally, no. Hurtigere is the natural comparative form.

In Danish, most short/common adjectives take -ere in the comparative:

• hurtig → hurtigere

Using mere is more common with some longer adjectives or in special cases, but not here.

So in this sentence, hurtigere is the correct and natural choice.

Because til means to and shows direction or destination.

• til stationen = to the station

Without til, the meaning would change or the sentence would be incomplete.

Compare:

• Jeg går til stationen = I’m going to the station
• Jeg er på stationen = I’m at the station

So til is needed because the sentence is about reaching a destination.

Stationen is the definite form:

• en station = a station
• stationen = the station

The sentence refers to a specific station that both speaker and listener understand from context, so Danish uses the definite form.

This is very normal when talking about a known destination:

• til skolen = to the school
• til banken = to the bank
• til stationen = to the station

Danish often uses the present tense for:

• general truths
• instructions
• typical results
• future meaning based on a condition

So this sentence does not necessarily mean the action is happening right now. It means something like:

• If you turn onto the other road, you’ll get to the station faster

English often uses present tense after if too:

• If you turn left, you get there faster
• If you turn left, you’ll get there faster

Danish uses present tense very naturally in this kind of sentence.

Yes, in standard written Danish, a comma is normally used to separate the clauses here:

• Hvis du drejer ind på den anden vej, kommer du hurtigere til stationen.

The comma helps show that the if-clause has ended and the main clause begins.

So in writing, you should include it.

Yes. You can also put the main clause first:

• Du kommer hurtigere til stationen, hvis du drejer ind på den anden vej.

That means the same thing.

But notice the word order difference:

• After hvis at the beginning: kommer du
• If the main clause comes first: Du kommer

That happens because of the Danish V2 word-order rule in main clauses.