Stator for an electric machine, comprising a first end face, an opposite second end face and a multiplicity of pins (21, 22, 23, 24, 25), which are arranged on concentric circles at different distances from a stator centre point in slots (51-58, 91-98) in the stator, wherein each concentric circle forms a layer (L1, L2, L3, L4), wherein - the stator has a multiplicity of windings (41, 42), which extend over the entire circumference of the stator and thereby form a partial-coil; - in each case four pins (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) in different layers (L1, L2, L3, L4) are connected to one another in series and form a winding, - a first pin of the first winding is located in a first slot in the third layer, - a second pin of the first winding is located in a second slot in the fourth layer and is connected to the first pin on the second end face by means of a first type of connection, wherein the second slot is at a first radial distance from the first slot in a first circumferential direction of the stator, - a third pin of the first winding is located in a third slot in the second layer and is connected to the second pin on the first end face by means of a second type of connection, wherein the third slot lies adjacent to the first slot, - a fourth pin of the first winding is located in a fourth slot in the first layer and is connected to the third pin on the second end face by means of a third type of connection, wherein the fourth slot lies adjacent to the second slot, wherein the third and fourth slots (91, 98) in the circumferential direction lie on the same neighbouring side of the first and second slots (51, 58), wherein the first distance lies between the third slot and the fourth slot, a second distance lies between the third slot and the second slot and the second distance is smaller than the first distance, - at least the fourth pin in the fourth slot (98, 96, 94) is connected to a fifth pin in the third layer in a fifth slot by means of a fourth type of connection, - with the fifth pin, the serial connection of the subsequent pins in the stator begins again, and - the first, second and third types of connection (61, 62, 63) differ from one another. - the stator has a multiplicity of windings (41, 42), which extend over the entire circumference of the stator and thereby form a partial-coil; - in each case four pins (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) in different layers (L1, L2, L3, L4) are connected to one another in series and form a winding, - a first pin of the first winding is located in a first slot in the third layer, - a second pin of the first winding is located in a second slot in the fourth layer and is connected to the first pin on the second end face by means of a first type of connection, wherein the second slot is at a first radial distance from the first slot in a first circumferential direction of the stator, - a third pin of the first winding is located in a third slot in the second layer and is connected to the second pin on the first end face by means of a second type of connection, wherein the third slot lies adjacent to the first slot, - a fourth pin of the first winding is located in a fourth slot in the first layer and is connected to the third pin on the second end face by means of a third type of connection, wherein the fourth slot lies adjacent to the second slot, wherein the third and fourth slots (91, 98) in the circumferential direction lie on the same neighbouring side of the first and second slots (51, 58), wherein the first distance lies between the third slot and the fourth slot, a second distance lies between the third slot and the second slot and the second distance is smaller than the first distance, - at least the fourth pin in the fourth slot (98, 96, 94) is connected to a fifth pin in the third layer in a fifth slot by means of a fourth type of connection, - with the fifth pin, the serial connection of the subsequent pins in the stator begins again, and - the first, second and third types of connection (61, 62, 63) differ from one another.