No. 8,481 in Dutch
hartje
"Hartje" means "little heart" or "the center (of something)."
In a sentence
Het hartje van de stad is altijd levendig.
The heart of the city is always lively.
Here, 'hartje' is used to mean the central or most important part of a place, idiomatically referring to the city center.
Ze tekent een rood hartje op de kaart.
She draws a red little heart on the card.
In this context, 'hartje' denotes a small or cute heart, often used in drawings or decorations as an affectionate symbol.
In het hartje van de zomer gaan we naar het strand.
In the middle of summer, we go to the beach.
In this sentence, 'hartje' is used figuratively to represent the core or height of a period, in this case, summer.
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