Stator for an electric machine, comprising a stator core which has a longitudinal axis, an end side, a further end side opposite the end side and a plurality of slots arranged in the circumferential direction and extending from the end side to the further end side, and a stator winding which has a number N of phases (U, V, W), wherein N ≥ 3, wherein - each phase (U, V, W) is formed by shaped conductors which have leg portions arranged within the slots and connecting portions (10, 11) which electrically conductively connect two of the leg portions to each other at the end sides (4, 5), wherein - each slot is radially subdivided into first to L-th layers (21a-f) which are named according to their order in the radial direction, wherein the layers (21a-f) form first to (L/2)-th double layers (22a-c), wherein the i-th double layer (22a-c) comprises the (2i-1)-th and the -th layer (21a-f) for all natural numbers 1 ≤ i ≤ (L/2), wherein L ≥ 4 and is even, wherein L and i are natural numbers, wherein - each layer (21a-f) forms a receiving location in a respective slot in which one of the leg portions is arranged, wherein - the receiving locations for a respective phase (U, V, W) form a number of 2·P winding zones and in a respective winding zone the leg portions are traversed by the phase-forming (U, V, W) shaped conductors in the same current direction when an N-phase alternating voltage is applied to the stator winding, wherein 2·P ≥ 6, wherein P is a natural number, wherein - each winding zone in each of the layers comprises a number q ≥ 2 of receiving locations, wherein q is a natural number, characterized in that within a number A of double layers of a respective winding zone, the receiving locations are interlaced with a circumferentially adjacent winding zone of another of the phases (U, V, W) in such a way that the leg portions of the other phase (U, V, W) are surrounded on both sides in the circumferential direction by two leg portions of the respective winding zone arranged in the double layer, wherein 1 ≤ A ≤ (L/2)-1, wherein A is a natural number. - each phase (U, V, W) is formed by shaped conductors which have leg portions arranged within the slots and connecting portions (10, 11) which electrically conductively connect two of the leg portions to each other at the end sides (4, 5), wherein - each slot is radially subdivided into first to L-th layers (21a-f) which are named according to their order in the radial direction, wherein the layers (21a-f) form first to (L/2)-th double layers (22a-c), wherein the i-th double layer (22a-c) comprises the (2i-1)-th and the -th layer (21a-f) for all natural numbers 1 ≤ i ≤ (L/2), wherein L ≥ 4 and is even, wherein L and i are natural numbers, wherein - each layer (21a-f) forms a receiving location in a respective slot in which one of the leg portions is arranged, wherein - the receiving locations for a respective phase (U, V, W) form a number of 2·P winding zones and in a respective winding zone the leg portions are traversed by the phase-forming (U, V, W) shaped conductors in the same current direction when an N-phase alternating voltage is applied to the stator winding, wherein 2·P ≥ 6, wherein P is a natural number, wherein - each winding zone in each of the layers comprises a number q ≥ 2 of receiving locations, wherein q is a natural number,