Drain arrangement for connection to a sanitary item , comprising a drain valve housing which has a first channel section with an inlet opening , has a second channel section with an outlet opening , which emerges laterally from the drain valve housing , and has a valve seat situated between the inlet opening and the outlet opening , a valve body which is movable from the valve seat from a closed position into an open position, an actuating unit by way of which the valve body is movable, and an outflow pipe which follows the outlet opening , wherein a first central axis (M4) extends centrally through the first channel section , and an outflow pipe central axis (M11) extends centrally through the outflow pipe , wherein the outflow pipe central axis (M11) intersects the first central axis (M4), or wherein the outflow pipe central axis (M11) is at a distance from the first central axis (M4), wherein the distance corresponds at most to half the diameter of the outlet opening , wherein the drain arrangement furthermore comprises an overflow unit , which has a first connecting pipe , an overflow pipe and a second connecting pipe , wherein the first connecting pipe is led, from an upper mouth opening , out of the first channel section from above the valve seat and opens into the overflow pipe , which, in the installation position, extends upwards substantially counter to the plumb-line direction, and wherein the overflow pipe opens, below the first connecting pipe , into the second connecting pipe , which opens, below the valve seat , into the first channel section , and/or the second channel section , via a lower mouth opening , and wherein both the outlet opening and the mouth openings are arranged at the drain valve housing laterally with respect to the drain valve housing , in such a way that, as seen in the installation position, the outflow pipe and the connecting pipes extend substantially next to one another. a drain valve housing which has a first channel section with an inlet opening , has a second channel section with an outlet opening , which emerges laterally from the drain valve housing , and has a valve seat situated between the inlet opening and the outlet opening , a valve body which is movable from the valve seat from a closed position into an open position, an actuating unit by way of which the valve body is movable, and an outflow pipe which follows the outlet opening , wherein a first central axis (M4) extends centrally through the first channel section , and an outflow pipe central axis (M11) extends centrally through the outflow pipe , wherein the outflow pipe central axis (M11) intersects the first central axis (M4), or wherein the outflow pipe central axis (M11) is at a distance from the first central axis (M4), wherein the distance corresponds at most to half the diameter of the outlet opening , wherein the drain arrangement furthermore comprises an overflow unit , which has a first connecting pipe , an overflow pipe and a second connecting pipe , wherein the first connecting pipe is led, from an upper mouth opening , out of the first channel section from above the valve seat and opens into the overflow pipe , which, in the installation position, extends upwards substantially counter to the plumb-line direction, and wherein the overflow pipe opens, below the first connecting pipe , into the second connecting pipe , which opens, below the valve seat , into the first channel section , and/or the second channel section , via a lower mouth opening , and wherein both the outlet opening and the mouth openings are arranged at the drain valve housing laterally with respect to the drain valve housing , in such a way that, as seen in the installation position, the outflow pipe and the connecting pipes extend substantially next to one another. <EOS>