Steering shaft for a motor vehicle

A steering column for a motor vehicle, with a steering shaft comprising a rearward steering shaft segment, that extends in a straight line and is rotatable about a longitudinal center axis and to which at a rearward end a steering wheel is mountable, and at least one further steering shaft segment which is connected with the rearward steering shaft segment via a universal joint that comprises a rearward joint fork, a front joint fork and a joint cross connecting the rearward joint fork and the front joint fork, wherein for damping vibrations transmitted via the steering shaft a damping element is provided comprising an inner damper part which, viewed in cross section through the damping element, has an outer circumferential contour deviating from the circular form, an outer damper part, encompassing the inner damper part, the outer damper part having an inner circumferential contour deviating, viewed in cross section through the damping element, from the circular form, and an elastomeric damping material disposed between the inner damper part and the outer damper part, wherein the damping element is integrated into the rearward steering shaft segment, and wherein the inner damper part and the outer damper part are rotatable about the longitudinal center axis of the rearward steering shaft segment.