Starter for an internal combustion engine , - having a support , - having an electric motor which is arranged on the support and which serves for driving a pinion in rotation, - having a solenoid drive which is arranged on the support and which serves for the axial adjustment of the pinion between an active position (AS), which is provided for the drive of a gearwheel of the internal combustion engine , and a passive position (PS), which is axially offset with respect to the active position (AS), - wherein the solenoid drive has a ferromagnetic plunger stop which is static with respect to the support , a plunger which is axially adjustable relative to the plunger stop , and a cylindrical coil arrangement which is arranged on the plunger stop and which surrounds a cylindrical coil interior of the coil arrangement in a circumferential direction, - wherein said coil interior extends axially from a proximal end portion of the coil arrangement to a distal end portion of the coil arrangement , - wherein the plunger stop has a cylindrical section which projects from the distal end portion axially into the coil interior of the coil arrangement , - wherein the plunger is arranged axially opposite the cylindrical section of the plunger stop and, in the active position (AS) of the pinion , protrudes from the proximal end portion axially into the coil interior of the coil arrangement , - wherein, in the passive position (PS) of the pinion , a face-side plunger end , facing towards the cylindrical section , of the plunger is arranged axially in the area of the proximal end portion , characterized in that the cylindrical section of the plunger stop extends into the coil interior such that a face end , facing towards the plunger , of the cylindrical section is closer to the proximal end portion than to the distal end portion , such that the cylindrical section extends over at least 70% of the axial length of the coil arrangement . - having a support , - having an electric motor which is arranged on the support and which serves for driving a pinion in rotation, - having a solenoid drive which is arranged on the support and which serves for the axial adjustment of the pinion between an active position (AS), which is provided for the drive of a gearwheel of the internal combustion engine , and a passive position (PS), which is axially offset with respect to the active position (AS), - wherein the solenoid drive has a ferromagnetic plunger stop which is static with respect to the support , a plunger which is axially adjustable relative to the plunger stop , and a cylindrical coil arrangement which is arranged on the plunger stop and which surrounds a cylindrical coil interior of the coil arrangement in a circumferential direction, - wherein said coil interior extends axially from a proximal end portion of the coil arrangement to a distal end portion of the coil arrangement , - wherein the plunger stop has a cylindrical section which projects from the distal end portion axially into the coil interior of the coil arrangement , - wherein the plunger is arranged axially opposite the cylindrical section of the plunger stop and, in the active position (AS) of the pinion , protrudes from the proximal end portion axially into the coil interior of the coil arrangement , - wherein, in the passive position (PS) of the pinion , a face-side plunger end , facing towards the cylindrical section , of the plunger is arranged axially in the area of the proximal end portion , <EOS>