Stator for an electrical machine with a central axis, comprising - a stator winding, - a stator yoke with a plurality of slots, - wherein the stator winding has a plurality of conductor segments (31, 31') which are connected to one another and each have one axially internal inner section and two axially external outer sections (31a, 31c), - wherein the inner sections are embedded into the slots of the stator yoke, - wherein ducts for coolant to flow through in the axial direction are formed at least in a portion of the slots, - wherein the stator has, at least in a first axial end region, a first coolant chamber which is fluidically encapsulated in relation to the area surrounding it and which surrounds at least a portion of the outer sections of the conductor segments, which outer sections are situated in this first axial end region, - wherein the first coolant chamber is fluidically connected to the ducts of the slots in order to conduct coolant into these ducts and/or out of said ducts, - wherein the stator yoke is connected, in the first axial end region, to a covering plate, - wherein the first coolant chamber is sealed off in a fluid-tight manner in relation to this covering plate, so that the coolant is fed from the at least one first coolant chamber in the first axial end region owing to an overpressure, - and wherein the covering plate has a plurality of openings which fluidically couple the first coolant chamber to the ducts of the slots, - and wherein, at least for a first subset of the conductor segments, the inner sections of the conductor segments are designed as hollow conductors, so that the ducts of the slots are formed by the interiors of the conductors, - and wherein the first coolant chamber is designed, in the first axial end region, for feeding coolant into the ducts of the slots, - and wherein the opposite second axial end region is designed as a coolant outlet side of the ducts, and wherein the stator winding can be connected to an outer electrical circuit by means of electrical connections, wherein these electrical connections are arranged exclusively in the second axial end region of the stator winding which is opposite the first axial end region. - a stator winding, - a stator yoke with a plurality of slots, - wherein the stator winding has a plurality of conductor segments (31, 31') which are connected to one another and each have one axially internal inner section and two axially external outer sections (31a, 31c), - wherein the inner sections are embedded into the slots of the stator yoke, - wherein ducts for coolant to flow through in the axial direction are formed at least in a portion of the slots, - wherein the stator has, at least in a first axial end region, a first coolant chamber which is fluidically encapsulated in relation to the area surrounding it and which surrounds at least a portion of the outer sections of the conductor segments, which outer sections are situated in this first axial end region, - wherein the first coolant chamber is fluidically connected to the ducts of the slots in order to conduct coolant into these ducts and/or out of said ducts, - wherein the stator yoke is connected, in the first axial end region, to a covering plate, - wherein the first coolant chamber is sealed off in a fluid-tight manner in relation to this covering plate, so that the coolant is fed from the at least one first coolant chamber in the first axial end region owing to an overpressure, - and wherein the covering plate has a plurality of openings which fluidically couple the first coolant chamber to the ducts of the slots, - and wherein, at least for a first subset of the conductor segments, the inner sections of the conductor segments are designed as hollow conductors, so that the ducts of the slots are formed by the interiors of the conductors, - and wherein the first coolant chamber is designed, in the first axial end region, for feeding coolant into the ducts of the slots, - and wherein the opposite second axial end region is designed as a coolant outlet side of the ducts,