Vi deler æren.

In Danish, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

• ære = honor
• æren = the honor

So -en is the definite ending here.
That is because ære is an en-word (common gender noun).

Compare:

• en bog = a book
• bogen = the book

With ære, you normally would not say a separate the in this simple sentence. Danish usually prefers the suffixed definite form.

Deler is the present tense of at dele, meaning to share or to divide.

So:

• at dele = to share / to divide
• deler = share / shares / am sharing / are sharing depending on context

A very important Danish grammar point is that verbs do not change according to the subject the way they do in English.

So you get:

• jeg deler = I share
• du deler = you share
• vi deler = we share

The verb form stays the same.

It can mean both. The exact meaning depends on context.

In Vi deler æren, it means share.

Other examples:

• Vi deler kagen. = We divide/share the cake.
• Vi deler ansvaret. = We share the responsibility.

So dele often covers both the idea of splitting something and sharing it with others.

Vi is the Danish subject pronoun meaning we.

In this sentence, vi is the one doing the action, so the subject form is required:

• vi = we

If Danish needed the object form, it would be os:

• De hjælper os. = They help us.

So in Vi deler æren, vi is correct because we are performing the action of sharing.

Usually, Vi deler æren is the natural way to say We share the honor or We share the credit.

If you say Vi deler ære without the definite ending, it sounds more abstract and less natural in this context. It would feel more like talking about honor as a general concept, not a specific honor being shared.

So for this sentence, æren is the form you normally want.

A rough English-friendly pronunciation would be:

vi DEL-er AIR-en

More carefully:

• Vi sounds a lot like English vee
• deler has stress on the first syllable: DEH-ler or DAY-ler depending on how broad you make the approximation
• æren begins with æ, a vowel somewhat like the e in bed or the vowel in air for some English speakers, but not exactly the same

A few notes:

• Danish æ is a very common vowel and worth practicing separately
• The r in Danish is usually softer than in many English accents
• Final -er often sounds reduced, not fully pronounced like English er

So the spelling is straightforward, but the real Danish pronunciation is softer and more compressed than the English approximation.

This is the normal, straightforward Danish word order for a main clause:

subject + verb + object

• Vi = subject
• deler = verb
• æren = object

So:

Vi deler æren.

That is the neutral word order.

A useful thing to know is that Danish main clauses follow the verb-second rule. If you move another element to the front, the verb still stays in second position:

• I dag deler vi æren. = Today we share the honor.

Notice that Danish does not say:

• I dag vi deler æren. ❌

So the basic sentence is simple, but it also shows a very important Danish word-order pattern.

It is singular definite:

• ære = honor / an honor in some contexts
• æren = the honor

In this sentence, Danish uses the singular because the idea is that there is one honor or one piece of credit being shared.

Even though several people are involved, the noun itself is still singular.

Yes, it can often be understood more naturally in English as We share the credit depending on context.

The literal noun is honor, but in real use æren can refer to the recognition or praise for something. So if several people deserve praise, Vi deler æren can sound very natural.

That kind of slight shift between honor and credit is normal in translation.