Starter for an internal combustion engine, - having a support, - having an electric motor which is arranged on the support and which serves for driving a pinion in rotation, - having a solenoid drive which is arranged on the support and which serves for the axial adjustment of the pinion between an active position, which is provided for the drive of a gearwheel of the internal combustion engine, and a passive position, which is axially offset with respect to the active position, - wherein the solenoid drive has a ferromagnetic plunger stop which is static with respect to the support, a plunger which is axially adjustable relative to the plunger stop, and a cylindrical coil arrangement which is arranged on the plunger stop and which surrounds a cylindrical coil interior of the coil arrangement in a circumferential direction, - wherein said coil interior extends axially from a proximal end portion of the coil arrangement to a distal end portion of the coil arrangement, - wherein the plunger stop has a cylindrical section which projects from the distal end portion axially into the coil interior of the coil arrangement, - wherein the plunger is arranged axially opposite the cylindrical section of the plunger stop and, in the active position of the pinion, protrudes from the proximal end portion axially into the coil interior of the coil arrangement, - wherein, in the passive position of the pinion, a face-side plunger end, facing towards the cylindrical section, of the plunger is arranged axially in the area of the proximal end portion, characterized in that the cylindrical section of the plunger stop extends into the coil interior such that a face end, facing towards the plunger, of the cylindrical section is closer to the proximal end portion than to the distal end portion, such that the cylindrical section extends over at least 70% of the axial length of the coil arrangement. - having a support, - having an electric motor which is arranged on the support and which serves for driving a pinion in rotation, - having a solenoid drive which is arranged on the support and which serves for the axial adjustment of the pinion between an active position, which is provided for the drive of a gearwheel of the internal combustion engine, and a passive position, which is axially offset with respect to the active position, - wherein the solenoid drive has a ferromagnetic plunger stop which is static with respect to the support, a plunger which is axially adjustable relative to the plunger stop, and a cylindrical coil arrangement which is arranged on the plunger stop and which surrounds a cylindrical coil interior of the coil arrangement in a circumferential direction, - wherein said coil interior extends axially from a proximal end portion of the coil arrangement to a distal end portion of the coil arrangement, - wherein the plunger stop has a cylindrical section which projects from the distal end portion axially into the coil interior of the coil arrangement, - wherein the plunger is arranged axially opposite the cylindrical section of the plunger stop and, in the active position of the pinion, protrudes from the proximal end portion axially into the coil interior of the coil arrangement, - wherein, in the passive position of the pinion, a face-side plunger end, facing towards the cylindrical section, of the plunger is arranged axially in the area of the proximal end portion,