An electric machine element comprising a core structure and a double-layer multiphase-winding , the core structure having teeth and slots between the teeth, wherein each of the slots has a bottom portion and an upper portion between the bottom portion and a slot-opening, and wherein each phase of the double-layer multiphase-winding has first and second winding-portions so that: - first coil-sides of coils of the first winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a first zone , - second coil-sides of the coils of the first winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a second zone , a circumferential shift (φ) from the first zone to the second zone being less than 180 electrical degrees, - first coil-sides of coils of the second winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a third zone partially overlapping with the first zone, a circumferential shift from the second zone to the third zone being 180 electrical degrees, and - second coil-sides of the coils of the second winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a fourth zone partially overlapping with the second zone, a circumferential shift from the first zone to the fourth zone being 180 electrical degrees, characterized in that : - the bottom portions of the slots belonging to the first zone and outside the third zone contain a part of the first coil-sides of the first winding-portion, - the upper portions of the slots belonging to the first and third zones contain the rest of the first coil-sides of the first winding-portion - the bottom portions of the slots belonging to the fourth zone and outside the second zone contain a part of the second coil-sides of the second winding-portion, and - the upper portions of the slots belonging to the second and fourth zones contain the rest of the second coil-sides of the second winding-portion. - first coil-sides of coils of the first winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a first zone , - second coil-sides of the coils of the first winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a second zone , a circumferential shift (φ) from the first zone to the second zone being less than 180 electrical degrees, - first coil-sides of coils of the second winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a third zone partially overlapping with the first zone, a circumferential shift from the second zone to the third zone being 180 electrical degrees, and - second coil-sides of the coils of the second winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a fourth zone partially overlapping with the second zone, a circumferential shift from the first zone to the fourth zone being 180 electrical degrees, - the bottom portions of the slots belonging to the first zone and outside the third zone contain a part of the first coil-sides of the first winding-portion, - the upper portions of the slots belonging to the first and third zones contain the rest of the first coil-sides of the first winding-portion - the bottom portions of the slots belonging to the fourth zone and outside the second zone contain a part of the second coil-sides of the second winding-portion, and - the upper portions of the slots belonging to the second and fourth zones contain the rest of the second coil-sides of the second winding-portion. <EOS>