Phrase guide

quod erat demonstrandum

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

which was to be proved; which was to be demonstrated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quod erat dēmōnstrandum (“that which was to be proved”), calqued from Ancient Greek ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι (hóper édei deîxai, “precisely what was required to be proved”).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَهُوَ الْمَطْلُوبُ إثْبَاتُه (wahuwa l-maṭlūbu ʔiṯbātuh) — Latin phrase
  • Armenian: ինչ որ պահանջվում էր ապացուցել (inčʻ or pahanǰvum ēr apacʻucʻel) — Latin phrase
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證明完畢 /证明完毕 (zhèngmíng wánbì) — Latin phrase
  • Czech: což mělo být dokázáno — Latin phrase
  • Czech: což bylo dokázat — Latin phrase
  • Dutch: hetgeen te bewijzen was — Latin phrase
  • Esperanto: kio estis pruvota — Latin phrase
  • Estonian: mida oligi tarvis tõestada — Latin phrase
  • Finnish: mikä oli todistettava — Latin phrase
  • French: ce qu’il fallait démontrer — Latin phrase
  • Galician: o que se quería demostrar — Latin phrase
  • German: quod erat demonstrandum — Latin phrase
  • German: was zu beweisen war — Latin phrase
  • Greek: όπερ έδει δείξαι (óper édei deíxai) — Latin phrase
  • Hebrew: מה שהיה להוכיח (mah shehayah lehokhiach) — Latin phrase
  • Hebrew: מה שצריך להוכיח — Latin phrase
  • Hebrew: מה שרצינו להוכיח — Latin phrase
  • Hindi: इति सिद्धम् (iti siddham) — Latin phrase
  • Hungarian: ezt kellett bizonyítani — Latin phrase
  • Icelandic: sem sanna átti — Latin phrase
  • Icelandic: það sem sanna átti — Latin phrase
  • Italian: come volevasi dimostrare — Latin phrase
  • Japanese: 証明終わり (shōmei owari) — Latin phrase
  • Latin: quod erat dēmonstrandum — Latin phrase
  • Polish: co było do okazania — Latin phrase
  • Polish: co było do udowodnienia — Latin phrase
  • Polish: czego należało dowieść — Latin phrase
  • Polish: co kończy dowód — Latin phrase
  • Portuguese: quod erat demonstrandum — Latin phrase
  • Portuguese: como queríamos demonstrar — Latin phrase
  • Romanian: ceea ce trebuia demonstrat — Latin phrase
  • Russian: что и тре́бовалось доказа́ть (što i trébovalosʹ dokazátʹ) — Latin phrase
  • Slovak: čo bolo treba dokázať — Latin phrase
  • Spanish: como queríamos demostrar — Latin phrase
  • Swedish: vilket skulle bevisas — Latin phrase
  • Swedish: vilket skulle visas — Latin phrase
  • Thai: ซึ่งต้องพิสูจน์ (sêung tông písòot) — Latin phrase
  • Vietnamese: điều phải chứng minh — Latin phrase