Liquid filter

A liquid filter for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a hollow cylindrical housing bowl and a cover closing the housing bowl from the top;
• a suspended, hollow cylindrical particle filter arranged in the housing bowl, the particle filter extends parallel to a longitudinal center axis of the housing bowl and divides the housing bowl into a clean liquid chamber enclosing the longitudinal center axis and into a raw liquid chamber circulating about the clean liquid chamber (6), and
• the raw liquid chamber is fluidically connected to at least one inlet arranged in the cover and the clean liquid chamber to at least one outlet arranged in the cover;
• and
• a catch basin opened towards the cover and an edge overflow fluidically connecting the catch basin and the raw liquid chamber, so that with the housing bowl mounted, an inflowing liquid can flow into the catch basin and over the edge overflow out of the catch basin into the raw liquid chamber and with the housing bowl removed, the liquid can remain in the catch basin, and
• wherein the catch basin is fixed to or moulded out of the cover and protrudes into the housing bowl at least in regions, so that the catch basin fills out a volume in the housing bowl.