Coatings, which have a contact angle hysteresis of water, measured using the tilting plate method, of at most 20° (measured according to the method in the description) and which can be produced from silyl-terminated linear prepolymers that are crosslinkable with one another and with the surface of the substrate to be coated, wherein the silyl-terminated linear prepolymers can be obtained by reacting compounds of general formula: X-A-X' where A represents a polyoxyalkylene chain consisting of ethylene oxide units or consisting of ethylene oxide units and propylene oxide units, comprising a maximum proportion of 50 wt.% of propylene oxide units, based on the weight of A, X represents OH, NH 2, NHR, NR 2 or OR, wherein the functional groups R independently of one another represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkaryl or aralkyl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, X' represents OH, NH 2, NHR or NR 2, wherein the functional groups R independently of one another represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkaryl or aralkyl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, and the compound of general formula has a number average molecular weight (determined according to the method in the description) of at least 100 g/mol, with compounds of general formula Y-B-Si(OR 1) r (R 2) 3-r where Y represents a group that is reactive to OH, NH 2, NHR and/or NR 2, B represents a chemical bond or a divalent, low-molecular organic functional group having preferably 1 to 50 carbon atoms, OR 1 represents a hydrolyzable group, R 2 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and r represents a number from 1 to 3, and optionally unreacted hydrogen atoms of the functional group X and/or the functional group X' are optionally alkylated. A represents a polyoxyalkylene chain consisting of ethylene oxide units or consisting of ethylene oxide units and propylene oxide units, comprising a maximum proportion of 50 wt.% of propylene oxide units, based on the weight of A, X represents OH, NH 2, NHR, NR 2 or OR, wherein the functional groups R independently of one another represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkaryl or aralkyl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, X' represents OH, NH 2, NHR or NR 2, wherein the functional groups R independently of one another represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkaryl or aralkyl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, and the compound of general formula has a number average molecular weight (determined according to the method in the description) of at least 100 g/mol, Y represents a group that is reactive to OH, NH 2, NHR and/or NR 2, B represents a chemical bond or a divalent, low-molecular organic functional group having preferably 1 to 50 carbon atoms, OR 1 represents a hydrolyzable group, R 2 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and r represents a number from 1 to 3, and optionally unreacted hydrogen atoms of the functional group X and/or the functional group X' are optionally alkylated.