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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