Contact element

Embodiments disclose a contact element comprising a connector plate having a central inner opening and a conductor receptacle extending outwardly from the connector plate. The connector plate has at least one pair of connection areas including a plug area and a jack area. The plug area and the jack area of each particular pair are angularly offset by a predefined offset angle around a center of the inner opening and are vertically offset from one another in a direction perpendicular to the connector plate such that they are configured for mutual lateral engagement when arranged facing and vertically offset from one another. A set has multiple superimposed contact elements that are angularly offset by an offset angle and are arranged to be in large-area contact with the connector plate. Further embodiments disclose a method for connecting two contact elements. The contact elements of the present disclosure may be used to attach individual leads to a ground terminal, particularly an earthing bolt in a vehicle b