Wij huren klimschoenen en een pofzak.

Both wij and we mean we.

• wij is the stressed/full form
• we is the unstressed/reduced form

In many everyday sentences, Dutch speakers often say we huren klimschoenen en een pofzak.
Using wij can sound a little more emphatic, clearer, or slightly more formal.

So in this sentence, wij is completely correct, but we would also be very common.

Because with wij in the present tense, Dutch usually uses the same form as the infinitive.

The verb is huren = to rent / to hire.

Present tense:

• ik huur = I rent
• jij huurt = you rent
• hij/zij/het huurt = he/she/it rents
• wij huren = we rent
• jullie huren = you all rent
• zij huren = they rent

So wij huren is the normal present-tense form.

It can correspond to either rent or hire in English, depending on context.

In Dutch, huren means getting something for temporary use in exchange for money.
So for equipment like climbing shoes, rent is usually the most natural English translation.

Examples:

• Wij huren een auto. = We rent a car.
• Wij huren klimschoenen. = We rent climbing shoes.

The opposite is verhuren, which means to rent out / to let.

Dutch very often forms compound nouns by writing them as one word.

So:

• klim = climb / climbing
• schoenen = shoes

Together:

• klimschoenen = climbing shoes

This is very normal in Dutch. English often writes similar expressions as two words, but Dutch usually combines them.

Other examples:

• fietshelm = bicycle helmet
• regenjas = raincoat
• bergschoenen = mountain boots / hiking boots

Because klimschoenen is plural.

In Dutch, an indefinite plural usually has no article.

Compare:

• een klimschoen = a climbing shoe
• klimschoenen = climbing shoes

So:

• Wij huren klimschoenen = We rent climbing shoes

This works like English in many cases: we say We rent climbing shoes, not We rent some a climbing shoes.

Because pofzak is singular countable, so Dutch uses the indefinite article een = a/an.

So:

• een pofzak = a chalk bag

The sentence is mixing:

• a plural noun: klimschoenen
• a singular noun: een pofzak

That is why only the second noun has een.

This sentence uses normal Dutch main-clause word order:

Subject + finite verb + rest of the sentence

So:

• Wij = subject
• huren = finite verb
• klimschoenen en een pofzak = object(s)

Dutch main clauses usually put the conjugated verb in second position.
Since the sentence starts with the subject, the pattern looks very similar to English here.

Yes, but it sounds much less neutral.

Dutch allows other elements to come first, but then the verb still has to stay in second position:

• Klimschoenen en een pofzak huren wij.

This puts extra focus on klimschoenen en een pofzak.
In ordinary conversation, Wij huren klimschoenen en een pofzak is the most straightforward version.

Because klimschoenen and een pofzak are being coordinated as two things that are both rented.

So the structure is:

• Wij huren [klimschoenen] en [een pofzak].

This is the same idea as English:

• We rent climbing shoes and a chalk bag.

No extra article or repeated verb is needed.

Often, yes.

In everyday spoken Dutch, we is usually more common than wij unless the speaker wants emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• We huren klimschoenen en een pofzak. = neutral, everyday
• Wij huren klimschoenen en een pofzak. = slightly more emphatic, or simply a fuller form

So learners should understand both, but we is very common in normal speech.

The ending -en is the most common Dutch plural ending.

So:

• de klimschoen = the climbing shoe
• de klimschoenen = the climbing shoes

That -en tells you there is more than one shoe.
Because it is plural, there is no een before it in this sentence.