Blower arrangement having a. an impeller, which has an axial intake opening, which is formed by a cover plate which covers impeller blades at least in sections, b. an intake nozzle connected upstream of the impeller in the flow direction, which extends into the intake opening of the impeller at least in sections in an overlap section, wherein a circumferential nozzle gap is formed between the intake nozzle and the cover plate of the impeller, c. an outer nozzle which is arranged spaced apart in relation to the impeller and the intake nozzle in the radial direction and enclosing them in the circumferential direction, i. wherein a circumferential radial gap is provided between the outer nozzle and the intake nozzle, which gap forms an intake nozzle duct extending in the flow direction, and wherein a circumferential radial gap is provided between the outer nozzle and the cover plate of the impeller, which gap forms a gap duct extending in the flow direction, ii. such that a total volume flow suctioned in by the impeller can be divided by the intake nozzle and the outer nozzle into a main volume flow flowing through the intake nozzle into the impeller and a secondary volume flow flowing through the intake nozzle duct, and the secondary volume flow can subsequently be divided by the cover plate of the impeller and the outer nozzle into a gap volume flow flowing through the gap duct and an auxiliary volume flow flowing into the nozzle gap to the main volume flow, characterized in that a free end section of the intake nozzle, which extends into the intake opening of the impeller, extends radially outward on the cover plate of the impeller, wherein a radial nozzle gap dimension spD of the nozzle gap decreases viewed in the axial flow direction in the overlap section between intake nozzle and impeller. a. an impeller, which has an axial intake opening, which is formed by a cover plate which covers impeller blades at least in sections, b. an intake nozzle connected upstream of the impeller in the flow direction, which extends into the intake opening of the impeller at least in sections in an overlap section, wherein a circumferential nozzle gap is formed between the intake nozzle and the cover plate of the impeller, c. an outer nozzle which is arranged spaced apart in relation to the impeller and the intake nozzle in the radial direction and enclosing them in the circumferential direction, i. wherein a circumferential radial gap is provided between the outer nozzle and the intake nozzle, which gap forms an intake nozzle duct extending in the flow direction, and wherein a circumferential radial gap is provided between the outer nozzle and the cover plate of the impeller, which gap forms a gap duct extending in the flow direction, ii. such that a total volume flow suctioned in by the impeller can be divided by the intake nozzle and the outer nozzle into a main volume flow flowing through the intake nozzle into the impeller and a secondary volume flow flowing through the intake nozzle duct, and the secondary volume flow can subsequently be divided by the cover plate of the impeller and the outer nozzle into a gap volume flow flowing through the gap duct and an auxiliary volume flow flowing into the nozzle gap to the main volume flow, characterized in that a free end section of the intake nozzle, which extends into the intake opening of the impeller, extends radially outward on the cover plate of the impeller, wherein a radial nozzle gap dimension spD of the nozzle gap decreases viewed in the axial flow direction in the overlap section between intake nozzle and impeller. i. wherein a circumferential radial gap is provided between the outer nozzle and the intake nozzle, which gap forms an intake nozzle duct extending in the flow direction, and wherein a circumferential radial gap is provided between the outer nozzle and the cover plate of the impeller, which gap forms a gap duct extending in the flow direction, ii. such that a total volume flow suctioned in by the impeller can be divided by the intake nozzle and the outer nozzle into a main volume flow flowing through the intake nozzle into the impeller and a secondary volume flow flowing through the intake nozzle duct, and the secondary volume flow can subsequently be divided by the cover plate of the impeller and the outer nozzle into a gap volume flow flowing through the gap duct and an auxiliary volume flow flowing into the nozzle gap to the main volume flow, characterized in that a free end section of the intake nozzle, which extends into the intake opening of the impeller, extends radially outward on the cover plate of the impeller, wherein a radial nozzle gap dimension spD of the nozzle gap decreases viewed in the axial flow direction in the overlap section between intake nozzle and impeller.