Method for operating a user interface, in which - a first user input is captured, - a confidence analysis is carried out, in which the user input is compared with a plurality of stored database entries and each database entry compared in this manner is assigned a value of a confidence measure, which valve assesses the correspondence of the user input to this database entry, and - on the basis of the result of the confidence analysis, different classes of system responses are generated, which differ from one another in at least one feature, - wherein a system response of a first class comprises, as a distinguishing first feature, a system output which requests a second user input, and a system response of a second class comprises, as a distinguishing second feature, the automatic selection of a database entry, characterized in that - a system response of a third class comprises the first and second features, wherein the system response of the third class automatically changes to the system response of the first or second class after expiry of a period, - on the basis of the result of the confidence analysis, a function is activated on the basis of a selected database entry immediately or after expiry of a further period, - on the basis of the result of the confidence analysis, the request for the second user input comprises a display of database entries, the number of which is limited and/or the associated values of the confidence measure of which are above a first threshold value, - the database entries are assigned positions on a map, and - the database entries are graphically represented on the map at the assigned positions, wherein an area around the database entry with the highest confidence measure is automatically zoomed in on after expiry of the further period. - a first user input is captured, - a confidence analysis is carried out, in which the user input is compared with a plurality of stored database entries and each database entry compared in this manner is assigned a value of a confidence measure, which valve assesses the correspondence of the user input to this database entry, and - on the basis of the result of the confidence analysis, different classes of system responses are generated, which differ from one another in at least one feature, - wherein a system response of a first class comprises, as a distinguishing first feature, a system output which requests a second user input, and a system response of a second class comprises, as a distinguishing second feature, the automatic selection of a database entry, - a system response of a third class comprises the first and second features, wherein the system response of the third class automatically changes to the system response of the first or second class after expiry of a period, - on the basis of the result of the confidence analysis, a function is activated on the basis of a selected database entry immediately or after expiry of a further period, - on the basis of the result of the confidence analysis, the request for the second user input comprises a display of database entries, the number of which is limited and/or the associated values of the confidence measure of which are above a first threshold value, - the database entries are assigned positions on a map, and - the database entries are graphically represented on the map at the assigned positions, wherein an area around the database entry with the highest confidence measure is automatically zoomed in on after expiry of the further period.