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