• Finnish: kuorma, taakka
• German: Belastung
• Hebrew: נטל (net'el)
• Hungarian: teher
• Japanese: 積み荷(つみに, tsumini)
• Kurdish: berpirsiyarî , bar ,
• Portuguese: carga
• Russian: ноша (nóša)

• Finnish: vastuu
• French: fardeau
• Hebrew: נטל (net'el)
• Japanese: 負担(ふたん, futan)
• Kurdish: berpirsiyarî , bar
• Russian: бремя (br'ém'a)

• ttbc Swedish: börda, belastning
• ttbc Telugu: భారం (bhaaraM)

Verb

1. To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word).

Translations

Derived terms

• burdensome
• beast of burden

A burden is a heavy weight that is difficult to carry. Metaphorically it refers to anything difficult or troubling.

It is used in this meaning in:

• Burden carrier

Burden may also refer to:

• Burden, Kansas
• Burden, Luxembourg
• Burden of proof
• Burden, a term in music for the chorus or refrain, or the drone of an instrument
• Burden, the amount of weight a ship can carry
• Burden, a magical effect in The Elder Scrolls
• Burden in My Hand, a single by Soundgarden
• Burden, Michael
• Burden, a rock band from Oklahoma City, popular in the 1990s

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