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 . <EOS>