Turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, having - a bearing housing, in which a rotor shaft is mounted such that it can be rotated about a rotor rotational axis; and - an exhaust gas turbine with a turbine wheel which is arranged fixedly on the rotor shaft for conjoint rotation and which has a runner blade system with a plurality of turbine blades, and with a turbine housing which is fixed mechanically on the bearing housing and which surrounds the turbine wheel; wherein, with regard to a meridional view of the exhaust gas turbine, - at least one turbine blade of the turbine wheel has a flow inlet edge and a flow outlet edge for the exhaust gas mass flow, - the flow inlet edge has a maximum inlet radius R in and the flow outlet edge has a maximum outlet radius R out, in each case in relation to the rotor rotational axis; - the at least one turbine blade has an outer contour which faces the turbine housing, extends from the flow inlet edge as far as the flow outlet edge, and has an axial extent length L axTip; - the turbine housing has a housing contour which lies opposite the outer contour; - the outer contour of the at least one turbine blade has an axial length portion L cover of the axial extent L axTip, in which a diameter of the turbine wheel is greater than a smallest diameter DA of the turbine housing at the turbine blade outlet for the exhaust gas mass flow AM; and - a smallest radial spacing Tip clr is configured between the housing contour and the outer contour with regard to the rotor rotational axis; and wherein the exhaust gas turbine is characterized in that the turbine housing and the turbine wheel are configured and matched to one another in such a way that the following condition is met: L cover L axTip > 1 − Tip clr R in × 3 π 4 × 1 1 − R out R in. - a bearing housing, in which a rotor shaft is mounted such that it can be rotated about a rotor rotational axis; and - an exhaust gas turbine with a turbine wheel which is arranged fixedly on the rotor shaft for conjoint rotation and which has a runner blade system with a plurality of turbine blades, and with a turbine housing which is fixed mechanically on the bearing housing and which surrounds the turbine wheel; wherein, with regard to a meridional view of the exhaust gas turbine, - at least one turbine blade of the turbine wheel has a flow inlet edge and a flow outlet edge for the exhaust gas mass flow, - the flow inlet edge has a maximum inlet radius R in and the flow outlet edge has a maximum outlet radius R out, in each case in relation to the rotor rotational axis; - the at least one turbine blade has an outer contour which faces the turbine housing, extends from the flow inlet edge as far as the flow outlet edge, and has an axial extent length L axTip; - the turbine housing has a housing contour which lies opposite the outer contour; - the outer contour of the at least one turbine blade has an axial length portion L cover of the axial extent L axTip, in which a diameter of the turbine wheel is greater than a smallest diameter DA of the turbine housing at the turbine blade outlet for the exhaust gas mass flow AM; and - a smallest radial spacing Tip clr is configured between the housing contour and the outer contour with regard to the rotor rotational axis; and wherein the exhaust gas turbine is characterized in that the turbine housing and the turbine wheel are configured and matched to one another in such a way that the following condition is met: L cover L axTip > 1 − Tip clr R in × 3 π 4 × 1 1 − R out R in.