Latch for a motor vehicle in particular an electrically operable motor vehicle lock

A latch for a motor vehicle, the latch comprising:

• a locking mechanism having a catch and a pawl configured to hold the catch in at least one main ratchet position;
• and
• a ratchet element that is arranged on the catch and located between the catch and the pawl in an engagement region, wherein the ratchet element is pivotably accommodated in a recess of the catch having a mounting point to pivot with respect to the catch to continue engaging the pawl to transfer a load from the catch to the pawl in an opening direction of the pawl as the catch rotates from the at least one main ratchet position toward an opened position,
• wherein the pawl and the catch rotate in a first direction as the catch rotates from the at least one main ratchet position toward the opened position, wherein the ratchet element pivots in a second direction because of the engagement with the catch and the pawl as the catch rotates from the at least one main ratchet position toward the opened position, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, wherein the ratchet element is configured to pivot about the mounting point of the catch,
• wherein the catch defines a first abutment surface against which the ratchet element abuts, and a second abutment surface formed in the recess having the mounting point for the ratchet element,
• wherein in the at least one main ratchet position, the ratchet element engages the first abutment surface and the second abutment surface, wherein the ratchet element disengages the first abutment surface while continuing engagement with the second abutment surface as the catch rotates in the first direction and the ratchet element pivots in the second direction.