"Jeg burde gå i seng."

Translation: I should go to bed.

[Mingan8]

What's the difference between bør and burde?

[Asuva]

Here is a helpful explanation of Danish modal verbs, including bør/burde: http://basby.dk/modul1/modalverbs.pdf

[orfeocookie]

Very helpful, thank you!

[miestasmia]

Bør is more in the sense of "I should do this and I might" and burde more in the sense of "I should've done this but chances are I won't or it's too late", though both will be user interchangingly with no real difference.

[Asuva]

One way to think about "burde" is in the sense of "burden". It seems to indicate something one is obliged to do or to bear.

[rhhpk]

In that case, wouldn't a better translation be "I have to go to bed"?

We'd probably use "I should go to bed" in the sense that it's late, and I won't get enough sleep if I don't go now, but I probably won't go just yet.

[trevro]

When would one say this instead of "Jeg skulle gå i seng?

[22decembre]

In that case, I think it means a child have to go to bed... Or someone before a hard day at work...

Burde is some sort of moral obligation.

[trevro]

Ok, tak!

[McDeeh]

Why is 'd' pronounced here? Shouldn't it be 'bur-e'?

[HastaLaVista83]

No, in "burde" you always pronounce the "d".