Shift Device with Over-Shift Lock

A shift device having an over-shift lock for a multi-speed transmission of a motor vehicle equipped with a shifting shaft, the shift device comprising:

• a pivotable shifting element by which the shifting shaft is incrementally rotated, the shifting element having hook-shaped claws that rotate the shifting shaft via driver pins during pivoting of the shifting element in order to engage a next higher or a next lower transmission gear of the multi-speed transmission;
• wherein
• the pivotable shifting element comprises an activating element operatively configured to initiate the pivoting of the shifting element and a driver element operatively configured to rotate the shifting shaft;
• and
• the activating element and the driver element are displaceable with respect to one another along a common longitudinal axis.