Shorting pin for shorting an internal conductor with an external conductor in a multiway coaxial plug of a plug-in connection, having the following features: - a contact spring is provided for shorting, which contact spring consists of or comprises an electrically conductive material; - the contact spring comprises a retaining and stabilizing section and a contact-making section; - the contact-making section is bent and comprises an internal conductor contact section and an external conductor contact section, which are arranged at a distance from one another perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the contact spring; - a housing is provided, wherein the housing comprises a receiving space which extends along the longitudinal direction of the housing; - the housing comprises, on its first end side, an internal conductor insertion opening via which the shorting internal conductor of the multiway coaxial plug can be inserted at least by way of a partial length into the receiving space and can be brought into contact with the internal conductor contact portion; - the housing has a laterally and/or radially oriented external conductor contact-making opening; - the external conductor contact section of the contact spring passes through the external conductor contact-making opening and can be brought into contact with the external conductor; characterized by the following features: - the housing comprises a contact spring insertion opening via which the contact spring can be inserted into the receiving space; - the contact spring insertion opening is arranged in the region of a second end side of the housing, as a result of which the internal conductor insertion opening and the contact spring insertion opening are arranged at two opposite ends (20a, 20b) of the housing; - the receiving space connects the internal conductor insertion opening to the contact spring insertion opening; - the contact spring can be inserted or is inserted, with its contact-making portion at the front, into the contact spring insertion opening and thereby into the receiving space; - the contact spring is arranged within the receiving space of the housing and extends over most of the length of the housing. - a contact spring is provided for shorting, which contact spring consists of or comprises an electrically conductive material; - the contact spring comprises a retaining and stabilizing section and a contact-making section; - the contact-making section is bent and comprises an internal conductor contact section and an external conductor contact section, which are arranged at a distance from one another perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the contact spring; - a housing is provided, wherein the housing comprises a receiving space which extends along the longitudinal direction of the housing; - the housing comprises, on its first end side, an internal conductor insertion opening via which the shorting internal conductor of the multiway coaxial plug can be inserted at least by way of a partial length into the receiving space and can be brought into contact with the internal conductor contact portion; - the housing has a laterally and/or radially oriented external conductor contact-making opening; - the external conductor contact section of the contact spring passes through the external conductor contact-making opening and can be brought into contact with the external conductor; - the housing comprises a contact spring insertion opening via which the contact spring can be inserted into the receiving space; - the contact spring insertion opening is arranged in the region of a second end side of the housing, as a result of which the internal conductor insertion opening and the contact spring insertion opening are arranged at two opposite ends (20a, 20b) of the housing; - the receiving space connects the internal conductor insertion opening to the contact spring insertion opening; - the contact spring can be inserted or is inserted, with its contact-making portion at the front, into the contact spring insertion opening and thereby into the receiving space; - the contact spring is arranged within the receiving space of the housing and extends over most of the length of the housing.