The invention relates to a headbox (1) comprising at least one feeding device (5) feeding at least one fibrous material suspension (FS), a nozzle (4) having an outlet gap (11) for dispensing the fibrous material suspension (FS) in a free jet to a downstream functional unit of a shaping unit (2) downstream of the headbox (1) and a turbulence-generating device (6) arranged directly upstream of the nozzle (4) in the flow direction. The headbox further comprises a plurality of turbulence-generating channels (7, 7.xy, 7.11 – 7.4n) having at least one fluidization region each for guiding the fibrous material suspension (FS) in partial flows and supplying the nozzle (4), the individual channels (7, 7.xy, 7.11 -7.4n) being arranged in parallel to each other, forming rows (R1-Rx, R1-R4), in the transversal direction of the turbulence-generating device (6), and the rows (R1-Rx, R1-R4) being arranged next or on top of each other at a right angle to the transversal direction. The headbox (1) according to the invention is characterized in that the portion of a row (R1-Rx, R1-R4) of turbulence-generating channels (7, 7.xy, 7.11 -7.4n) supplying the nozzle (4) across a predefined unit of length at a right angle to the direction of throughflow forms a hydraulic unit (E
H ) and in that the nozzle (4) and the turbulence-generating device (6) are designed such that the volume which is referred to as volume (V
hydr.unit ) of the hydraulic unit and which is supplied by an individual hydraulic unit (E
H ) has a discharge width ≤0.005 m
3 / m.