Motor vehicle lock

A motor vehicle lock, wherein a lock latch, a pawl, which is assigned to the lock latch, and a lock striker bracket, which lock striker bracket comprises a latch bar and a frame bar, are provided, wherein the lock latch can be brought into an open position and into at least one latching position, wherein the lock latch, when in one of the latching positions, is or may be brought into holding engagement with the latch bar, wherein a closing cycle of the motor vehicle lock comprises moving the lock latch from the open position to the at least one latching position, wherein the pawl may fall into at least one engagement position, in which it is in blocking engagement with a preliminary latching detent or a main latching detent of the lock latch for blocking the lock latch in its preliminary latching position or its main latching position, wherein the pawl may be deflected into at least one release position, in which it releases the lock latch, wherein the motor vehicle lock comprises a braking arrangement arranged such that a contact surface of the braking arrangement can be brought into a braking engagement with a counterpart such that a contact force exerted by the contact surface provides a braking force against movement of the lock latch, wherein the braking force is acting between the lock latch and the frame bar.