Vehicle steering wheel, having a steering wheel body with a hub region for fastening to a steering shaft, with a steering wheel rim and with at least one spoke for fastening the steering wheel rim to the hub region; an airbag-activating device (17, 18); an electromechanical tripping device in order to trip an acoustic output by an acoustic warning device of the vehicle, wherein the tripping device has an impact absorber covering on the steering wheel body at least partially covering the hub region and in so doing forming an actuating surface, wherein the impact absorber covering is designed so as to bridge a receiving space provided between the hub region and the impact absorber covering and provided for at least partially receiving the airbag-activating device (17, 18), and the impact absorber covering is mounted such that it can be moved elastically on the steering wheel body under the action of an actuating force onto the actuating surface in the direction of the hub region and such that it is reset in this case and/or is designed to be elastically deformable in the direction of the hub region and such that it is reset in this case, and the impact absorber covering has at least one projection (6a, 6b) protruding beyond the receiving region, laterally in the direction of the steering wheel rim; wherein the electromechanical tripping device further has at least one force absorber arranged between the projection (6a, 6b) and the steering wheel body, the impact absorber covering being supported on the steering wheel body via said force absorber in order to measure a force value which can be assigned to an actuating force acting on the actuating surface of the impact absorber covering; wherein the electromechanical tripping device further comprises at least one evaluation electronics system electrically conductively connected to the force absorber in order to ascertain an actuating force value by means of the force value measured by the at least one force absorber and to trip the acoustic output of the acoustic warning device of the vehicle if necessary, wherein an electronic or electromechanical operator control element arranged in the region of the spoke, in particular a multifunctional operator control element, is further provided, and the impact absorber covering is arranged adjoining the operator control element, preferably is secured to it, characterized in that the force absorber is fastened on a printed circuit board of the operator control element. a steering wheel body with a hub region for fastening to a steering shaft, with a steering wheel rim and with at least one spoke for fastening the steering wheel rim to the hub region; an airbag-activating device (17, 18); an electromechanical tripping device in order to trip an acoustic output by an acoustic warning device of the vehicle, wherein the tripping device has an impact absorber covering on the steering wheel body at least partially covering the hub region and in so doing forming an actuating surface, wherein the impact absorber covering is designed so as to bridge a receiving space provided between the hub region and the impact absorber covering and provided for at least partially receiving the airbag-activating device (17, 18), and the impact absorber covering is mounted such that it can be moved elastically on the steering wheel body under the action of an actuating force onto the actuating surface in the direction of the hub region and such that it is reset in this case and/or is designed to be elastically deformable in the direction of the hub region and such that it is reset in this case, and the impact absorber covering has at least one projection (6a, 6b) protruding beyond the receiving region, laterally in the direction of the steering wheel rim; wherein the electromechanical tripping device further has at least one force absorber arranged between the projection (6a, 6b) and the steering wheel body, the impact absorber covering being supported on the steering wheel body via said force absorber in order to measure a force value which can be assigned to an actuating force acting on the actuating surface of the impact absorber covering; wherein the electromechanical tripping device further comprises at least one evaluation electronics system electrically conductively connected to the force absorber in order to ascertain an actuating force value by means of the force value measured by the at least one force absorber and to trip the acoustic output of the acoustic warning device of the vehicle if necessary, wherein an electronic or electromechanical operator control element arranged in the region of the spoke, in particular a multifunctional operator control element, is further provided, and the impact absorber covering is arranged adjoining the operator control element, preferably is secured to it, characterized in that the force absorber is fastened on a printed circuit board of the operator control element.