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The article for

Tapete

die Tapete

Tapete is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Tapeten
English
wallpaper

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Why is it die Tapete?

Tapete ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

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Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Wall coating made of a thin and flexible material that can be glued to a wall using a suitable adhesive

[1] Wandbeschichtung aus einem dünnen und biegsamen Material, die mittels geeignetem Klebstoff auf eine Wand geklebt werden kann

Examples

[1] The wallpapers still have to be painted

[1] Die Tapeten müssen noch gestrichen werden.

[1] "We will examine the cleanliness of the floors and the condition of the wallpaper, we will lift carpets and delete over the furniture, whether they are dust -free" [2]

[1] „Wir werden die Sauberkeit der Böden und den Zustand der Tapeten begutachten, wir werden Teppiche hochheben und über die Möbel streichen, ob sie auch ja staubfrei sind.“[2]
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "A Scotsman visits a friend who is to loosen the wallpaper from the walls" [3]

[1] „Ein Schotte besucht einen Freund, der dabei ist, die Tapeten von den Wänden zu lösen.“[3]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Tapete die Tapeten
Genitiv der Tapete der Tapeten
Dativ der Tapete den Tapeten
Akkusativ die Tapete die Tapeten

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