Pneumatic vehicle tyre having a tread having two central profile block rows that are mutually separated by a circumferential groove and have profile blocks, said profile blocks having transverse grooves (6, 7) which mutually separate said profile blocks and within each profile block row are oriented so as to be angled in the same direction in relation to the axial direction (α, β); wherein transverse grooves in which a base elevation is in each case configured are provided; and wherein profile blocks in which an oblique groove runs in each case so as to traverse the respective profile block are provided, said oblique groove in the region of the base elevation and radially outside the latter opening into the one transverse groove, running at an angle (γ) of 6° to 12° in relation to the circumferential direction and across the course of said oblique groove having a continuously increasing width (B a, B b) and therefore having one narrow and one wide groove end (9a, 9b), characterized in that the tread is embodied so as to be directional, wherein in each profile block row each second profile block exclusively is provided with an oblique groove and each second transverse groove exclusively is provided with a base elevation; wherein in each of the two central profile block rows the oblique grooves in terms of the tyre circumferential direction are inclined in the same direction toward the transverse grooves (6, 7); wherein the transverse grooves (6, 7) and the oblique grooves in the one central profile block row in terms of the tyre circumferential direction are inclined toward the transverse grooves (6, 7) and oblique grooves in the other central profile block row in opposite directions in such a manner that, in the case of a pneumatic vehicle tyre assembled on the vehicle, during forward travel the transverse grooves (6, 7) by way of the groove ends thereof that are situated closer to the inner side of the tread and the oblique grooves by way of the narrow groove ends thereof first encounter the underlying surface. wherein profile blocks in which an oblique groove runs in each case so as to traverse the respective profile block are provided, said oblique groove in the region of the base elevation and radially outside the latter opening into the one transverse groove, running at an angle (γ) of 6° to 12° in relation to the circumferential direction and across the course of said oblique groove having a continuously increasing width (B a, B b) and therefore having one narrow and one wide groove end (9a, 9b), characterized in that the tread is embodied so as to be directional, wherein in each profile block row each second profile block exclusively is provided with an oblique groove and each second transverse groove exclusively is provided with a base elevation; wherein in each of the two central profile block rows the oblique grooves in terms of the tyre circumferential direction are inclined in the same direction toward the transverse grooves (6, 7); wherein the transverse grooves (6, 7) and the oblique grooves in the one central profile block row in terms of the tyre circumferential direction are inclined toward the transverse grooves (6, 7) and oblique grooves in the other central profile block row in opposite directions in such a manner that, in the case of a pneumatic vehicle tyre assembled on the vehicle, during forward travel the transverse grooves (6, 7) by way of the groove ends thereof that are situated closer to the inner side of the tread and the oblique grooves by way of the narrow groove ends thereof first encounter the underlying surface.