Operating device for a motor vehicle, comprising: - an operating part which can be deflected in an actuation direction from a rest position, wherein the operating part is configured as a touchpad or as a keypad bar with a plurality of keys and a sensor device is provided which signals a touch point on which a user touches a user interface via a sensor signal, wherein the actuation direction is oriented perpendicular to the user interface, and - a force sensor which produces a force signal which is correlated with an operating force acting in the actuation direction on the user interface of the operating part and deflecting the operating part from its rest position in the actuation direction, characterised by - an actuator device which in response to an activation signal applies an actuator force acting counter to the actuation direction to the operating part, wherein for transferring the operating force and the actuator force via a lever element, the operating part is coupled to both the force sensor and the actuator device and in this way the operating part is arranged on one side of the lever element and the force sensor and the actuator device are arranged on an opposite side of the lever element so that the lever element is arranged between the operating part on the one side and the force sensor and the actuator device on the other, and the force sensor and the actuator device are arranged on different sides (41, 42) of a pivot axis of the lever element, and wherein a transfer element for transferring the operating force from the operating part to the lever element relating to the lever element is arranged on the same side of the pivot axis as the force sensor, and the transfer element transfers the operating force from the operating part to the force sensor via the lever element as pressure force and the actuator device reduces the operating force acting on the force sensor by exerting a tensile force. - an operating part which can be deflected in an actuation direction from a rest position, wherein the operating part is configured as a touchpad or as a keypad bar with a plurality of keys and a sensor device is provided which signals a touch point on which a user touches a user interface via a sensor signal, wherein the actuation direction is oriented perpendicular to the user interface, and - a force sensor which produces a force signal which is correlated with an operating force acting in the actuation direction on the user interface of the operating part and deflecting the operating part from its rest position in the actuation direction, characterised by - an actuator device which in response to an activation signal applies an actuator force acting counter to the actuation direction to the operating part, wherein for transferring the operating force and the actuator force via a lever element, the operating part is coupled to both the force sensor and the actuator device and in this way the operating part is arranged on one side of the lever element and the force sensor and the actuator device are arranged on an opposite side of the lever element so that the lever element is arranged between the operating part on the one side and the force sensor and the actuator device on the other, and the force sensor and the actuator device are arranged on different sides (41, 42) of a pivot axis of the lever element, and wherein a transfer element for transferring the operating force from the operating part to the lever element relating to the lever element is arranged on the same side of the pivot axis as the force sensor, and the transfer element transfers the operating force from the operating part to the force sensor via the lever element as pressure force and the actuator device reduces the operating force acting on the force sensor by exerting a tensile force.