Abstract: A turbocharger, having a turbine and a compressor. The turbine has a turbine housing and a turbine rotor. The compressor has a compressor housing and a compressor rotor coupled to the turbine rotor by a shaft. The turbine and compressor housings are connected to a bearing housing in which the shaft is supported. The turbine and bearing housings are a flange of the turbine housing by a first section and covers a flange of the bearing housing by a second section. A flange of a nozzle ring is clamped between respective flanges of the turbine housing and the housing. Between the flange of the turbine housing and the flange of the nozzle ring, an axial sealing region is formed with scaling surfaces that lie against each other and one sealing surfaces has a contour deviating from a flat contour.