Pedal device for a motor vehicle

A pedal device for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a support structure;
• a pedal unit, the pedal unit being displaceable in translation in an actuating direction when loaded by a person with an actuating force;
• a bearing unit, the pedal unit being mounted to the support structure via the bearing unit, the bearing unit having at least one return element which is configured to generate a counterforce opposing the actuating direction when the pedal unit is displaced in translation in the actuating direction, the bearing unit having a scissor mechanism with a first element and a second element, the first and second elements each being rotatably mounted at a first end to the support structure and being rotatably mounted at a second end to the pedal unit, wherein the first and second elements are additionally mounted to the support structure or the pedal unit to as to be displaceable in translation, wherein the first and second elements are connected to one another to be rotatable about an axis of rotation in an intersecting region.