Method for operating an internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine configured to perform the steps of:

• compressing supplied air in a main combustion chamber and a prechamber of the internal combustion engine by moving a piston in the main combustion chamber to a top dead center position of a piston movement of the piston;
• feeding a pilot quantity of gas fuel into the prechamber before the piston reaches the top dead center position;
• autoignition of the pilot quantity of gas fuel in the prechamber;
• feeding a main quantity of gas fuel into the prechamber after the autoignition;
• and
• ignition of the main quantity of gas fuel by the conditions in the prechamber that are brought about by the autoignited pilot quantity.

A motor vehicle comprising:

• an internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine is configured to perform steps of:
• compressing supplied air in a main combustion chamber and a prechamber of the internal combustion engine by moving a piston in the main combustion chamber to a top dead center position of a piston movement of the piston;
• feeding a pilot quantity of gas fuel into the prechamber before the piston reaches the top dead center position;
• autoignition of the pilot quantity of gas fuel in the prechamber;
• feeding a main quantity of gas fuel into the prechamber after the autoignition;
• and
• ignition of the main quantity of gas fuel by the conditions in the prechamber that are brought about by the autoignited pilot quantity.