Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread strip that is provided with zig-zagged grooves that essentially extend in the circumferential direction of the tire. In order to be able to expel small foreign objects from the tread profile, and in addition in order to be able to increase the traction, those edges of the tread surface that project the furthest toward the grooves are provided with notches that are delimited by V-shaped faces. The notches extend radially inwardly essentially to the base of the grooves. The plane of symmetry of each of the notches is determined by the V-shaped faces, and extends transerse to the circumferential direction of the tire.