External gear pump

An external gear pump, comprising:

• a driving first pump gear and a second pump gear driven by the first pump gear, which intermesh to convey a fluid from a suction side to a pressure side of the external gear pump, wherein the first pump gear and the second pump gear each have a plurality of teeth, each having a leading tooth flank leading in the rotation direction of the corresponding pump gear and a trailing tooth flank, wherein the leading tooth flank of the first pump gear comes into physical contact with the trailing tooth flank of the second pump gear to drive the second pump gear via the first pump gear, wherein the trailing tooth flanks of the first pump gear extend concavely to form a fluid pocket at at least one axial position in a radial direction at least in sections in each case, wherein the fluid pocket extends directly out of a tooth root circle of the first pump gear, and wherein a cross-section of the trailing tooth flanks is identical throughout in the region of the fluid pocket, in the axial direction.