Filter for filtering the intake air of an internal combustion engine

A filter for filtering the intake air for an internal combustion engine, said filter comprising a housing, an unfiltered air inlet leading into an unfiltered air chamber in said housing, a filter insert disposed within the housing between the unfiltered air chamber and a filtered air chamber in said housing, and a filtered air outlet opening from the filtered air chamber of said housing, wherein at least a part of said housing encompassing the unfiltered air chamber comprises a grid foundation structure including a plurality of ribs in the form of a lattice, said ribs defining spaces therebetween, said grid foundation structure being enveloped in a sound-damping material such that said sound-damping material is exposed to said unfiltered air chamber.