Usage Note
Wand is an interior or vertical wall (of a room or a cliff face); the outer wall round a property is a Mauer. The idiom jemanden an die Wand stellen once meant to execute someone by firing squad.
Examples
"Das Bild hängt an der Wand."
Natural Translation
The picture hangs on the wall.
Literal Translation
The picture hangs on the wall.
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