Touch-sensitive operating device for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle

A touch-sensitive operating device for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• an actuation lever that is a steering column stalk having an elongate configuration;
• a sensor arrangement comprising at least one touch-sensitive and/or proximity-sensitive sensor element which is arranged on the actuation lever;
• and
• an electronic evaluation device which is coupled to the at least one sensor element and is configured to detect the at least one sensor element being touched and/or the at least one sensor element being approached,
• wherein the evaluation device is configured to identify an operating gesture of an operator on the actuation lever on the basis of a combination of at least two detected touches on the sensor arrangement and/or approaches towards the sensor arrangement, and to trigger a predetermined operating function on the basis of the identified operating gesture, and
• wherein the sensor arrangement has a multiplicity of touch-sensitive and/or proximity-sensitive sensor elements which are arranged so as to be distributed annularly in the circumferential direction of the actuation lever.