Method for Controlling an Internal Combustion Engine, Control Device, Internal Combustion Engine, and Motor Vehicle

A method for controlling an internal combustion engine that has a crankshaft, and an intake valve and a charge air compressor for pre-compressing charge air, the method comprising:

• operating the internal combustion engine in a first operating mode if a first operating criterion is met, wherein in the first operating mode, proceeding from a top dead center position of the crankshaft and measured in a working direction of rotation of the crankshaft, a closure of the intake valve is fully completed at a first crankshaft angle at a bottom dead center position of the crankshaft in a first operating mode;
• switching from the first operating mode into a second operating mode if a second operating criterion is met, wherein in the second operating mode, proceeding from the top dead center position of the crankshaft and measured in the working direction of rotation of the crankshaft, the closure of the intake valve is fully completed at a second crankshaft angle, which is smaller than the first crankshaft angle, before the bottom dead center position;
• and
• switching from the second operating mode into ae third operating mode if a third operating criterion is met, wherein in the third operating mode, proceeding from the top dead center position of the crankshaft and measured in the working direction of rotation of the crankshaft, the closure of the intake valve is fully completed, at a third crankshaft angle, which is smaller than the second crankshaft angle, before the bottom dead center position.