The invention relates to a winding tooth (3) for an electric machine with a tooth stem (4) and a tooth tip (5), which is arranged at one end of the tooth stem (4) with respect to a direction of extent (E) of the tooth stem (4) and which protrudes beyond the tooth stem (4) in a tooth tip direction (U) perpendicular to the direction of extent (E), wherein the tooth tip (5) is tapered at at least one end with respect to a transversal direction (Z), which runs perpendicular to the direction of extent (E) and perpendicular to the tooth tip direction (U), in which the tooth tip (5) protrudes.