Turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, having - a bearing housing , in which a rotor shaft is mounted such that it can be rotated about a rotor rotational axis ; and - an exhaust gas turbine with a turbine wheel which is arranged fixedly on the rotor shaft for conjoint rotation and which has a runner blade system with a plurality of turbine blades , and with a turbine housing which is fixed mechanically on the bearing housing and which surrounds the turbine wheel ; wherein, with regard to a meridional view of the exhaust gas turbine , - at least one turbine blade of the turbine wheel has a flow inlet edge and a flow outlet edge for the exhaust gas mass flow (AM), - the flow inlet edge has a maximum inlet radius R in and the flow outlet edge has a maximum outlet radius R out , in each case in relation to the rotor rotational axis ; - the at least one turbine blade has an outer contour which faces the turbine housing , extends from the flow inlet edge as far as the flow outlet edge , and has an axial extent length L axTip ; - the turbine housing has a housing contour which lies opposite the outer contour ; - the outer contour of the at least one turbine blade has an axial length portion L cover of the axial extent L axTip , in which a diameter of the turbine wheel is greater than a smallest diameter DA of the turbine housing at the turbine blade outlet for the exhaust gas mass flow AM; and - a smallest radial spacing Tip clr is configured between the housing contour and the outer contour with regard to the rotor rotational axis ; and wherein the exhaust gas turbine is characterized in that the turbine housing and the turbine wheel are configured and matched to one another in such a way that the following condition is met: L cover L axTip > 1 − Tip clr R in × 3 π 4 × 1 1 − R out R in . - a bearing housing , in which a rotor shaft is mounted such that it can be rotated about a rotor rotational axis ; and - an exhaust gas turbine with a turbine wheel which is arranged fixedly on the rotor shaft for conjoint rotation and which has a runner blade system with a plurality of turbine blades , and with a turbine housing which is fixed mechanically on the bearing housing and which surrounds the turbine wheel ; wherein, with regard to a meridional view of the exhaust gas turbine , - at least one turbine blade of the turbine wheel has a flow inlet edge and a flow outlet edge for the exhaust gas mass flow (AM), - the flow inlet edge has a maximum inlet radius R in and the flow outlet edge has a maximum outlet radius R out , in each case in relation to the rotor rotational axis ; - the at least one turbine blade has an outer contour which faces the turbine housing , extends from the flow inlet edge as far as the flow outlet edge , and has an axial extent length L axTip ; - the turbine housing has a housing contour which lies opposite the outer contour ; - the outer contour of the at least one turbine blade has an axial length portion L cover of the axial extent L axTip , in which a diameter of the turbine wheel is greater than a smallest diameter DA of the turbine housing at the turbine blade outlet for the exhaust gas mass flow AM; and - a smallest radial spacing Tip clr is configured between the housing contour and the outer contour with regard to the rotor rotational axis ; and wherein the exhaust gas turbine is characterized in that the turbine housing and the turbine wheel are configured and matched to one another in such a way that the following condition is met: L cover L axTip > 1 − Tip clr R in × 3 π 4 × 1 1 − R out R in . <EOS>