Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle, with a steering shaft, including a damping element for damping vibrations transmitted across the steering shaft. The damping element includes an inner damper part, rotatable about a longitudinal center axis, whose outer circumferential contour comprises several outer elevations, spaced apart in the circumferential direction about the longitudinal center axis and projecting radially outwardly, between which are located outer indentations of the outer circumferential contour of the inner damper part. An outer damper part encompasses the inner damper part and is rotatable about the longitudinal center axis, the inner circumferential contour of which comprises several inner elevations, spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction about the longitudinal center axis and radially projecting inwardly, between which inner indentations of the inner circumferential contour are located.

Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle, with a steering shaft comprising a rearward steering shaft segment that is rotatable about a longitudinal center axis and on which a steering wheel is mountable on a rearward end, and at least one further steering shaft segment connected with the rearward steering shaft segment via a universal joint. The universal joint comprises a rearward joint fork, a front joint fork and a universal joint cross connecting the rearward joint fork and the front joint fork. For damping vibrations transmitted via the steering shaft a damping element is provided which comprises an inner damper part having an outer circumferential contour deviating from the ideal circular form, an outer damper part encompassing the inner damper part having an inner circumferential contour deviating from the circular form, and an elastomeric damping material disposed between the inner damper part and the outer damper part.