Wet separator for gases or air, having a suction inlet open to an environment; having an outlet; having a housing in which a water bath is provided and into which the suction inlet opens; having a suction channel within the housing, wherein the suction inlet opens into the suction channel, the suction channel is connected to the outlet in a flow-conducting manner and is adapted to contact a fluid flow drawn in through the suction inlet with water from the water bath; wherein a flow divider is arranged in the suction channel, which divides the fluid flow drawn in through the suction inlet into at least two partial flows (20.1, 20.2) and in this context guides the first partial flow (20.1) through the water bath and introduces the second partial flow (20.2) past the water bath into the first partial flow (20.1) guided through the water bath; wherein the first partial flow (20.1) is greater than the second partial flow (20.2); characterized in that the suction channel has a first section (5.1), into which the suction inlet opens and through which the fluid flow still flows undivided and at the end of which the flow divider is arranged, and a second section (5. 2) in the flow direction downstream of the flow divider, in which the first partial flow (20.1) and the second partial flow (20.2) are reunited, and a third section (5.3) through which the first partial flow (20.1) and the second partial flow (20.2) flow reunited as a combined fluid flow (20.3); wherein at least one first immersion channel is provided, which has a first end opening in the first section (5.1) and a second end opening below a water level of the water bath, and at least one second immersion channel is provided, which has a first end opening in the second section (5.2) and a second end opening below the water level of the water bath. having a suction inlet open to an environment; having an outlet; having a housing in which a water bath is provided and into which the suction inlet opens; having a suction channel within the housing, wherein the suction inlet opens into the suction channel, the suction channel is connected to the outlet in a flow-conducting manner and is adapted to contact a fluid flow drawn in through the suction inlet with water from the water bath; wherein a flow divider is arranged in the suction channel, which divides the fluid flow drawn in through the suction inlet into at least two partial flows (20.1, 20.2) and in this context guides the first partial flow (20.1) through the water bath and introduces the second partial flow (20.2) past the water bath into the first partial flow (20.1) guided through the water bath; wherein the first partial flow (20.1) is greater than the second partial flow (20.2); characterized in that the suction channel has a first section (5.1), into which the suction inlet opens and through which the fluid flow still flows undivided and at the end of which the flow divider is arranged, and a second section (5. 2) in the flow direction downstream of the flow divider, in which the first partial flow (20.1) and the second partial flow (20.2) are reunited, and a third section (5.3) through which the first partial flow (20.1) and the second partial flow (20.2) flow reunited as a combined fluid flow (20.3); wherein at least one first immersion channel is provided, which has a first end opening in the first section (5.1) and a second end opening below a water level of the water bath, and at least one second immersion channel is provided, which has a first end opening in the second section (5.2) and a second end opening below the water level of the water bath.