The invention relates to a dual clutch transmission (10) for a motor vehicle, having an input shaft (11) and a main shaft (13), wherein the input shaft (11) can be connected to a first counter shaft (16) via all engageable first clutch (18) and to a second counter shaft (17) via an engageable second clutch (19), wherein the first counter shaft (16) and the second counter shaft (17) can each be drivingly connected to the main shaft (13) via at least one gear stage (ZA1, ZA2, ZA3, ZA4, ZA5, ZR1) which can be selected via a selector device (20), and wherein a range group transmission (21) is arranged between the main shaft (13) and an output shaft (12) of the dual clutch transmission. High flexibility and variability in the arrangement and design of the permanent brake device and a powershift range group shift is made possible if at least one counter shaft (16) can be drivingly connected directly to the output shaft (12) via at least one gear stage (ZA7) bypassing the range group transmission (21), and if said counter shaft (16) or an intermediate shaft (16a) that can be connected to said counter shaft (16) can be or is drivingly connected directly or via a further gear stage (ZA8) to a permanent brake device (30).