Method for operating a motor vehicle having an operating device

A method for operating a motor vehicle, comprising:

• activating a speech recognition and language determination device in an operating device of the motor vehicle, wherein the operating device is configured to be used in a first operating language in a first operating mode and a second operating language in a second operating mode;
• recognizing, by the speech recognition and language determination device in the first operating mode, a voice input by a user of the motor vehicle;
• checking, by the speech recognition and language determination device, whether a language of the voice input corresponds to the first operating language;
• assigning, by the speech recognition and language determination device, a confidence value to the voice input depending on a result of the checking, wherein the confidence value describes a probability with which the language of the voice input is the second operating language;
• generating, by the speech recognition and language determination device, a query signal describing a request in the second operating language understandable to the user, wherein the request indicates an operating mode to be set or an operating language to be set, depending on the assigned confidence value;
• transmitting, by the speech recognition and language determination device, the query signal to an output device to output the query signal;
• receiving, by the speech recognition and language determination device, an operating signal, wherein the operating signal describes an operational action of the user and indicates a desired operating language;
• setting, by the speech recognition and language determination device, the operating mode to be set or the operating language to be set in response to the received operating signal;
• and
• ascertaining, by the speech recognition and language determination device, a percentage with which the speech recognition and language determination device correctly recognizes the voice input within a predefined period of time, wherein the setting of the operating mode to be set or the operating language to be set is carried out depending on the ascertained percentage.

An operating device of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• an operating element configured to detect an operational action by a user of the motor vehicle;
• a speech recognition and language determination device;
• and
• an output device configured to output a query signal, the query signal generated and transmitted by the speech recognition and language determination device,
• wherein the operating device is configured to be used in a first operating language in a first operating mode and a second operating language in a second operating mode.