De føler hat.

At the beginning of a sentence, De can be ambiguous on the page.

It can be:

• de = they
• De = a formal, polite you

Because this word is sentence-initial, it is capitalized anyway, so you cannot tell just from the spelling whether it is ordinary de or formal De.

In modern Norwegian, the most likely reading is they. The formal De exists, but it is quite old-fashioned and not common in everyday speech.

There are two possible reasons:

• It is the first word in the sentence, so it must be capitalized.
• If it is the formal pronoun De, that is also traditionally written with a capital letter.

So in this sentence, capitalization alone does not settle the meaning.

Føler is the present tense of the verb å føle, which means to feel.

So:

• å føle = to feel
• føler = feel / feels / am feeling / are feeling, depending on context

Norwegian present tense is often very flexible compared with English.

No. In Norwegian, verbs do not usually change form for different persons the way they do in English.

You get:

• jeg føler = I feel
• du føler = you feel
• han føler = he feels
• de føler = they feel

So føler stays the same.

Because hat is being used as an abstract noun, like hate or hatred in English.

In sentences like this, Norwegian often uses the noun without an article:

• føle hat = feel hate / feel hatred

You could use an article in some contexts, but it would change the nuance:

• et hat = a hatred, a particular hatred
• hatet = the hate / the hatred

Here, plain hat is the most natural form.

Here, hat is a noun.

The structure is:

• De = subject
• føler = verb
• hat = object noun

So this literally means something like They feel hate or They feel hatred.

The related verb is å hate = to hate.

Compare:

• De føler hat. = They feel hate.
• De hater. = They hate.

They are close in meaning, but not identical.

• De føler hat focuses on the emotion they are experiencing.
• De hater states more directly that they hate someone or something.

So føler hat can sound a bit more descriptive or psychological, while hater is more direct and often more natural in everyday speech.

Yes, it is grammatically correct, but it sounds a little bare or contextless on its own.

In real use, Norwegian often adds more information:

• De føler hat mot ham. = They feel hate toward him.
• De føler et sterkt hat. = They feel a strong hatred.

So the sentence is fine, but it feels a bit like an example sentence rather than a full, natural statement from conversation.

Yes. Norwegian present tense can cover both ideas that English often separates:

• They feel
• They are feeling

The exact English wording depends on context. Norwegian does not need a special continuous form here.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• De ≈ dee
• føler ≈ FUR-ler, but with a rounded vowel that English does not really have
• hat ≈ haht

A few helpful notes:

• In føler, the ø sound is important. It is not the same as o or u in English.
• The stress is on the first syllable: FØ-ler.

If you want to sound more natural, the biggest thing to practice here is the vowel ø.

The word order is the normal Norwegian pattern for a simple statement:

Subject + Verb + Object

So:

• De = subject
• føler = verb
• hat = object

That is very similar to English word order in a sentence like They feel hate.