The invention relates to a device for hingedly connecting a wiper blade (12) to a wiper arm (10) of a wiper, comprising a connecting element (20) fixedly connected to the wiper arm (10) and a The support part (14) of the water sheet (12) is fixedly connected to the connecting part (16), which has at least one side pointing towards the connecting element (20) on each longitudinal side starting from the base part (22) Walls (26, 28, 44), these side walls support the bearing bolts (30), on which the plastic adapter (18) is rotatably supported, wherein the adapter (18) passes through The positioning elements (46, 56, 58) as well as the retaining elements (68, 60, 62) are fixed in the contour of the connecting element (20) open towards the connecting part (16) and embedded with a part (44, 52) in the side wall ( 26, 28) in the space between. It is proposed that a part (38, 40) of the side wall of the adapter (18) covers the side wall (26, 28) of the connecting part (16) from the outside, while another part (44) of the side wall is biased inwardly The side walls (26, 28) of the connection part (16) are covered from the inside.