De deler byrden.

Not necessarily. Since De is the first word in the sentence, it is capitalized automatically.

In modern Bokmål, de usually means they. There is also an older, formal De meaning you, but that is now uncommon and sounds very formal or old-fashioned.

So in a normal learner sentence like De deler byrden, you should usually read De as they.

Deler is the present tense of å dele (to share, to divide).

So:

• å dele = to share / to divide
• deler = share / shares / are sharing, depending on context

Norwegian present tense often ends in -er, and that is what you see here.

No. In Norwegian, the verb stays the same for all persons in the present tense.

For example:

• jeg deler = I share
• du deler = you share
• han deler = he shares
• de deler = they share

So deler does not change the way share/shares changes in English.

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun as a suffix.

So:

• en byrde = a burden
• byrden = the burden

This is very common in Norwegian. Instead of writing a separate word like English the, Norwegian often attaches definiteness to the noun itself.

Because byrden is the definite singular form.

The noun is:

• en byrde = a burden
• byrden = the burden

If you said just byrde, that would not be the normal standalone form here. In this sentence, the meaning requires the definite form, so byrden is the correct choice.

Yes, here it is very similar:

• De = subject
• deler = verb
• byrden = object

So the pattern is subject + verb + object, just like They share the burden.

However, Norwegian also follows the V2 rule in main clauses, meaning the finite verb normally stays in the second position. So if another element comes first, the verb still comes second:

• I dag deler de byrden. = Today they share the burden.

That is an important Norwegian pattern to remember.

It can mean both, depending on context.

Common meanings of dele include:

• share
• divide
• split
• distribute

In De deler byrden, the natural meaning is They share the burden.

So the exact English translation depends on what is being talked about, but the Norwegian verb is the same.

In standard written Norwegian:

• de = subject form (they)
• dem = object form (them)

So:

• De deler byrden. = They share the burden.
• Hun hjelper dem. = She helps them.

Many native speakers do not keep this distinction as strictly in everyday speech, but in standard writing it is useful to learn it this way.

No. In this sentence, dele takes a direct object, so byrden can come straight after the verb:

• De deler byrden.

That is perfectly correct.

You may also see dele på in some expressions, especially when people are splitting something between them:

• De deler på regningen. = They split the bill.

But for this sentence, De deler byrden is completely natural.

A rough learner-friendly approximation is BÜR-den.

A few useful points:

• The y sound is not like English y in yes.
• It is more like German ü or French u.
• The stress is on the first syllable: BYR-den.

If you cannot make the exact Norwegian y yet, that is normal for beginners. It is a sound that usually takes practice.