Stator for a rotating electric machine, the stator comprising - a laminated core that has a plurality of mutually connected stator segments (2.1, 2.2), which each extend respectively from a first end face to a second end face of the laminated core, said second end face lying opposite the first end face, and - an electrically conductive winding that is designed as a double-layer bar winding and has a winding top layer and a winding bottom layer, wherein the winding top layer comprises a plurality of electrically conductive top bars (4.1) and the winding bottom layer comprises a plurality of electrically conductive bottom bars (4.2), - wherein each stator segment (2.1, 2.2) has a plurality of grooves that extend in an axial direction (a), - wherein a top bar (4.1) and a bottom bar (4.2) are arranged adjacent to one another in a radial direction (r) in each groove and protrude on each end face of the laminated core with respectively an end face region (SB1, SB2) out of the groove in an axial direction (a), and - wherein at least one top bar (4.1) of a stator segment (2.1) is electrically conductively connected to a bottom bar (4.2) of an adjacent stator segment (2.2) by means of a connecting element, wherein the connecting element electrically conductively connects a free end of a top bar (4.1) to a free end of a bottom bar (4.2) that is offset with respect to this top bar (4.1) in the circumferential direction (u), characterised in that - the connecting element has an inclined section (6.1) that connects two ends (6.2, 6.3) to one another, said ends being angled with respect to said inclined section, and - the one end (6.2) of the connecting element is electrically conductively connected to the free end of a bottom bar (4.2) and the other end (6.3) of each connecting element is electrically conductively connected to the free end of a top bar (4.1), wherein either on at least one end face of the laminated core - the end face region of each top bar (4.1) is designed extending in a straight line in an axial direction (a), - the end face region of each bottom bar (4.2) is designed as bent twice, and - the free end of each top bar (4.1) and each bottom bar (4.2) protrude in an axial direction (a) or on at least one end face of the laminated core - the end face region of each top bar (4.1) and the end face region of each bottom bar (4.2) are designed bent once and - the free end of each top bar (4.1) and each bottom bar (4.2) protrude in a radial direction (r). - a laminated core that has a plurality of mutually connected stator segments (2.1, 2.2), which each extend respectively from a first end face to a second end face of the laminated core, said second end face lying opposite the first end face, and - an electrically conductive winding that is designed as a double-layer bar winding and has a winding top layer and a winding bottom layer, wherein the winding top layer comprises a plurality of electrically conductive top bars (4.1) and the winding bottom layer comprises a plurality of electrically conductive bottom bars (4.2), - wherein each stator segment (2.1, 2.2) has a plurality of grooves that extend in an axial direction (a), - wherein a top bar (4.1) and a bottom bar (4.2) are arranged adjacent to one another in a radial direction (r) in each groove and protrude on each end face of the laminated core with respectively an end face region (SB1, SB2) out of the groove in an axial direction (a), and - wherein at least one top bar (4.1) of a stator segment (2.1) is electrically conductively connected to a bottom bar (4.2) of an adjacent stator segment (2.2) by means of a connecting element, wherein the connecting element electrically conductively connects a free end of a top bar (4.1) to a free end of a bottom bar (4.2) that is offset with respect to this top bar (4.1) in the circumferential direction (u), - the connecting element has an inclined section (6.1) that connects two ends (6.2, 6.3) to one another, said ends being angled with respect to said inclined section, and - the one end (6.2) of the connecting element is electrically conductively connected to the free end of a bottom bar (4.2) and the other end (6.3) of each connecting element is electrically conductively connected to the free end of a top bar (4.1), - the end face region of each top bar (4.1) is designed extending in a straight line in an axial direction (a), - the end face region of each bottom bar (4.2) is designed as bent twice, and - the free end of each top bar (4.1) and each bottom bar (4.2) protrude in an axial direction (a) or - the end face region of each top bar (4.1) and the end face region of each bottom bar (4.2) are designed bent once and - the free end of each top bar (4.1) and each bottom bar (4.2) protrude in a radial direction (r).