A contact element for an electrical plug connector device, wherein the contact element comprises: from an electrically conductive material, - a molded first end section, - and a molded elongated receiving section, which defines a longitudinal axis, for mechanical and electrical coupling and/or receiving a mating contact element designed to be complementary to the contact element as part of a plug connector device to be paired with the electrical plug connector device, - wherein the elongated receiving section extends essentially cylindrically from the first end section, and wherein the first end section and the elongated cylindrical receiving section are molded by shaping the electrically conducting material by means of a force acting at least predominantly parallel to the longitudinal axis, so that it is free of seams and cutting lines, and at least the receiving section, which is molded by shaping the electrically conducting material, forms a cylindrical interior sheathed by the molded electrically conducting material along the longitudinal axis and a closed end opposite the first end section on the elongated cylindrical receiving section, characterized in that a connecting device for mechanical and electrical coupling and/or to receive an electrical connecting conductor is welded or soldered onto the first end section, so that the contact element supplies a completely closed contact pin. from an electrically conductive material, - a molded first end section, - and a molded elongated receiving section, which defines a longitudinal axis, for mechanical and electrical coupling and/or receiving a mating contact element designed to be complementary to the contact element as part of a plug connector device to be paired with the electrical plug connector device, - wherein the elongated receiving section extends essentially cylindrically from the first end section, and wherein the first end section and the elongated cylindrical receiving section are molded by shaping the electrically conducting material by means of a force acting at least predominantly parallel to the longitudinal axis, so that it is free of seams and cutting lines, and at least the receiving section, which is molded by shaping the electrically conducting material, forms a cylindrical interior sheathed by the molded electrically conducting material along the longitudinal axis and a closed end opposite the first end section on the elongated cylindrical receiving section, characterized in that a connecting device for mechanical and electrical coupling and/or to receive an electrical connecting conductor is welded or soldered onto the first end section, so that the contact element supplies a completely closed contact pin. - a molded first end section, - and a molded elongated receiving section, which defines a longitudinal axis, for mechanical and electrical coupling and/or receiving a mating contact element designed to be complementary to the contact element as part of a plug connector device to be paired with the electrical plug connector device, - wherein the elongated receiving section extends essentially cylindrically from the first end section, and wherein the first end section and the elongated cylindrical receiving section are molded by shaping the electrically conducting material by means of a force acting at least predominantly parallel to the longitudinal axis, so that it is free of seams and cutting lines, and at least the receiving section, which is molded by shaping the electrically conducting material, forms a cylindrical interior sheathed by the molded electrically conducting material along the longitudinal axis and a closed end opposite the first end section on the elongated cylindrical receiving section, characterized in that a connecting device for mechanical and electrical coupling and/or to receive an electrical connecting conductor is welded or soldered onto the first end section, so that the contact element supplies a completely closed contact pin.