Abstract: A muffler for an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine includes a muffler housing having a circumferential wall surrounding a muffler interior, at least one compensation partition wall arranged in the muffler interior, and at least one exhaust pipe passing through at least one compensation partition wall in the region of a compensation pipe opening formed therein. The compensation pipe opening has a compensation opening internal dimension transverse to an opening central axis of the compensation pipe opening in at least one compensation opening longitudinal direction orthogonal to the opening central axis. The exhaust pipe passing through the compensation pipe opening has a pipe external dimension in the compensation opening longitudinal direction. The compensation opening internal dimension is greater than the pipe external dimension in the compensation opening longitudinal direction.