English-German translations for wallpaper

• Tapete die
• Hintergrundbild das
• tapezieren
  Dieses Haus hat schon derart viele Entschließungen für Aung San Suu Kyi verabschiedet, dass man damit das Gebäude tapezieren könnte, in dem sie weiter unter Hausarrest steht. This House has passed enough resolutions for Aung San Suu Kyi to wallpaper the house that remains her prison.
  Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen: Wir ähneln ein wenig dem Mann, dessen Haus im Dach ein Loch hat, aber anstatt es zu reparieren, beginnt er, seinen Keller zu tapezieren. To sum up, we are a little bit like the man whose roof is leaking, but instead of fixing it he starts to wallpaper his cellar.
• Desktopbild das
• Wallpaper
• Wandkleid

Definition of wallpaper

• Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings
• A style or design of such material
• Anything that serves as a background or part of the surroundings
• An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop
• Generic footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report
• Gaudy mass-produced stamps, typically of little or no value and only produced for sale to collectors
• To cover with wallpaper

Synonyms

• desktop
• image
• desktop
• pattern

Examples

• He is letting her select the wallpapers for the whole house.

Related words

• wallpapering
• wallpaper adhesive
• wallpaper paste
• ingrain wallpaper
• wood-chip wallpaper