Method for controlling an electric drive in a drive train which has at least one electric drive at a drive end, an output end, and a clutch which is arranged between them and is a friction clutch, for connecting the drive end and output end in a releasable, torque-transmitting fashion, wherein the electric drive can be operated at or close to a saturation range by the method, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps: a. estimating or determining a current first rotational speed of the electric drive; and b. comparing the current first rotational speed with a minimum rotational speed, wherein the minimum rotational speed is the rotational speed of the electric drive at and above which it is possible to calculate the rotational speed and position of a rotor by means of an EMF method, and if i. the current first rotational speed is lower than the minimum rotational speed or ii. a current torque of the electric drive, that is to say a torque which is currently requested by the output end is additionally higher than a limiting torque, wherein the limiting torque is the torque up to which the position and the rotational speed of the electric drive can be calculated sufficiently precisely by means of an anisotropy method, up to a minimum rotational speed starting from the stationary state of the rotor; c. accelerating the electric drive to at least the minimum rotational speed and means for controlling an output-end second rotational speed and/or the output-end torque by operating the clutch with slip, that is to say with a partially opened clutch, wherein a torque of the drive end is transmitted partially to the output end with the clutch partially opened, so that at least a third region in which the current torque is higher than the limiting torque and the current first rotational speed is lower than the minimum rotational speed is selectively bypassed. a. estimating or determining a current first rotational speed of the electric drive; and b. comparing the current first rotational speed with a minimum rotational speed, wherein the minimum rotational speed is the rotational speed of the electric drive at and above which it is possible to calculate the rotational speed and position of a rotor by means of an EMF method, and if i. the current first rotational speed is lower than the minimum rotational speed or ii. a current torque of the electric drive, that is to say a torque which is currently requested by the output end is additionally higher than a limiting torque, wherein the limiting torque is the torque up to which the position and the rotational speed of the electric drive can be calculated sufficiently precisely by means of an anisotropy method, up to a minimum rotational speed starting from the stationary state of the rotor; i. the current first rotational speed is lower than the minimum rotational speed or ii. a current torque of the electric drive, that is to say a torque which is currently requested by the output end is additionally higher than a limiting torque, wherein the limiting torque is the torque up to which the position and the rotational speed of the electric drive can be calculated sufficiently precisely by means of an anisotropy method, up to a minimum rotational speed starting from the stationary state of the rotor; c. accelerating the electric drive to at least the minimum rotational speed and means for controlling an output-end second rotational speed and/or the output-end torque by operating the clutch with slip, that is to say with a partially opened clutch, wherein a torque of the drive end is transmitted partially to the output end with the clutch partially opened, so that at least a third region in which the current torque is higher than the limiting torque and the current first rotational speed is lower than the minimum rotational speed is selectively bypassed.