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Tapete

wallpaper

noun ta-PEH-te Rare

Origin: from Italian tappeto

Usage Note

Tapete is wallpaper; you tapezieren a wall and remove old paper before. The lively phrase die Tapete wechseln means to have a change of scenery.

Examples

"Wir kleben eine neue Tapete im Wohnzimmer."

Natural Translation

We are putting up new wallpaper in the living room.

Literal Translation

We glue a new wallpaper in-the living-room.

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