The invention relates to V-ribbed belts (1) which have ribs (5) which run at least on a first side in the longitudinal direction of the V-ribbed belt and which are formed by thermoplastic shaping, and the first side has a layer composed of a textile warp-knit fabric (7) composed of two different yarns. In order to provide better noise reduction, the warp-knit fabric is constructed from a first yarn composed of filaments with a module of more than 5 N/1000 dtex, based on 5% extension, and a second yarn composed of filaments with a module of less than 2 cN/1000 dtex, based on 5% extension, wherein the first and the second yarn in each case form a coherent network, and the yarns are not twined around one another. V-ribbed belts can be formed effectively with an elastic warp-knit fabric of said type, whose extension is based not only on the construction of the knitted fabrics. It is surprising that the belts maintain the good noise properties both in the new state and also after a relatively long service life.