Filter device for filtering a liquid, - with a housing, which has a cylindrical filter mounting frame, an inlet for unfiltered liquid and an outlet for filtered liquid, - with a filter element, which is inserted interchangeably in the filter mounting frame and therein separates a dirty side fluidically connected to the inlet from a clean side fluidically connected to the outlet, - with a cover, which is detachably attached to the housing, which axially closes off the filter mounting frame and which has a radial cover opening, through which the outlet is fluidically connected to the clean side, - wherein the filter element has a hollow cylindrical filter body, which surrounds a filter interior belonging to the clean side and which has a filter material through which the liquid to be filtered can flow, - wherein the filter body defines a longitudinal center axis for the filter body and for the filter element, - wherein the filter element has a first end plate, which is arranged on a first axial end of the filter body facing the cover, - wherein the filter element has a second end plate, which is arranged on a second axial end of the filter body facing away from the cover, - wherein the first end plate has an axial plate opening, which is open to the filter interior such that the outlet is fluidically connected to the filter interior via the cover opening and via the plate opening, characterized in that - the plate opening is arranged eccentrically on the first end plate relative to the longitudinal center axis of the filter element, - the plate opening is arranged facing away from the cover opening offset from the longitudinal center axis of the filter element on the first end plate. - with a housing, which has a cylindrical filter mounting frame, an inlet for unfiltered liquid and an outlet for filtered liquid, - with a filter element, which is inserted interchangeably in the filter mounting frame and therein separates a dirty side fluidically connected to the inlet from a clean side fluidically connected to the outlet, - with a cover, which is detachably attached to the housing, which axially closes off the filter mounting frame and which has a radial cover opening, through which the outlet is fluidically connected to the clean side, - wherein the filter element has a hollow cylindrical filter body, which surrounds a filter interior belonging to the clean side and which has a filter material through which the liquid to be filtered can flow, - wherein the filter body defines a longitudinal center axis for the filter body and for the filter element, - wherein the filter element has a first end plate, which is arranged on a first axial end of the filter body facing the cover, - wherein the filter element has a second end plate, which is arranged on a second axial end of the filter body facing away from the cover, - wherein the first end plate has an axial plate opening, which is open to the filter interior such that the outlet is fluidically connected to the filter interior via the cover opening and via the plate opening, characterized in that - the plate opening is arranged eccentrically on the first end plate relative to the longitudinal center axis of the filter element, - the plate opening is arranged facing away from the cover opening offset from the longitudinal center axis of the filter element on the first end plate.