Hun tørker tåren.

Hun is the Norwegian subject pronoun meaning she.

In this sentence, hun is the one doing the action, so it is the subject.

A useful comparison:

• hun = she
• henne = her

So:

• Hun tørker tåren. = She dries/wipes the tear.
• If she were the object, you would use henne, not hun.

Tørker is the present tense of the verb å tørke.

So:

• å tørke = to dry / to wipe
• tørker = dries / is drying / wipes / is wiping

In Norwegian, the present tense is often made by adding -r to the infinitive:

• å snakke → snakker
• å bo → bor
• å tørke → tørker

It can mean both, depending on context.

Norwegian present tense often covers both:

• simple present: she dries
• present progressive: she is drying

So Hun tørker tåren could be understood as:

• She dries the tear
• She is wiping away the tear
• She is drying the tear

Context tells you which English translation sounds most natural.

The infinitive is å tørke.

That is the dictionary form of the verb.

Examples:

• å tørke = to dry / to wipe
• hun tørker = she dries / she is wiping
• hun tørket = she dried / was wiping
• har tørket = has dried / has wiped

Because tåren is the definite singular form of the noun.

• en tåre = a tear
• tåren = the tear

In Norwegian, nouns often show the by adding an ending to the noun instead of putting a separate word before it.

So:

• en tåre = a tear
• tåren = the tear

Because Norwegian usually attaches definiteness to the end of the noun.

In English:

• the tear

In Norwegian:

• tåren

This is very common:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car
• en gutt = a boy
• gutten = the boy
• en tåre = a tear
• tåren = the tear

So the ending -en is doing the job that the does in English.

In Bokmål, tåre is traditionally a feminine noun, but it is very often treated like a masculine noun as well.

That means you may see:

• ei tåre / tåra or
• en tåre / tåren

Both patterns can occur in Bokmål, depending on style and preference.

In your sentence, tåren uses the common-gender/masculine-style pattern:

• en tåre
• tåren

So yes, gender matters for the form, but Bokmål often allows more than one option for feminine nouns.

This is the normal word order for a basic statement in Norwegian:

subject + verb + object

So:

• Hun = subject
• tørker = verb
• tåren = object

This is the same basic order as in English:

• She wipes the tear

Norwegian main clauses usually follow the V2 rule, which means the finite verb is in the second position. In this simple sentence, that naturally gives:

• Hun tørker tåren

No, not for nouns like tåren.

Unlike some languages, Norwegian nouns usually do not change form depending on whether they are the subject or object.

So tåren is just the definite form of tåre, and its role is understood from word order.

The place where you more clearly see subject/object differences is with some pronouns:

• hun = she (subject)
• henne = her (object)

But the noun itself does not get a special object ending.

A rough guide is:

hun TØR-ker TÅ-ren

A few sound notes:

• u in hun is not exactly like English oo, but somewhat similar.
• ø in tørker is a rounded front vowel that English does not really have.
• å in tåren sounds roughly like the vowel in British law or more, though not exactly.
• The r is pronounced, but how it sounds depends on dialect.

A very rough English-style approximation could be: hoon TURR-ker TORE-en

But that is only approximate. The vowels are especially important to learn by listening.

They are both important Norwegian vowels.

• ø in tørker is a rounded vowel with no exact English equivalent.
  A rough approximation is the vowel in French bleu or German schön if you know those languages.

• å in tåren is roughly like the vowel in law, saw, or more in many English accents.

These are distinct sounds, so tørker and tårer would not sound the same.

Yes, very possibly.

The verb å tørke can mean:

• to dry
• to wipe

And with something like a tear, English often prefers wipe away rather than dry.

So depending on context, Hun tørker tåren could sound more natural in English as:

• She wipes away the tear rather than the more literal
• She dries the tear

The exact best translation depends on what is happening in the scene.

You would usually say:

Hun tørker tårene.

Here:

• tåren = the tear (singular)
• tårene = the tears (plural definite)

Compare:

• en tåre = a tear
• tårer = tears
• tåren = the tear
• tårene = the tears

So only the noun changes; the verb tørker stays the same.

Normally, no.

Norwegian usually requires an explicit subject in a sentence like this. So you say:

• Hun tørker tåren.

You would not normally drop hun the way some other languages can drop she.

That makes Norwegian more like English in this respect:

• English: She wipes the tear.
• Norwegian: Hun tørker tåren.