Method for evaluating capacitance values of a capacitive sensor electrode, comprising the following steps: a) Coupling the sensor electrode to a charging circuit to charge the sensor electrode with charge carriers under a predetermined charging voltage, b) decoupling the sensor electrode from the charging circuit and coupling the sensor electrode to a storage circuit having a storage capacitance C L for recharging charge carriers stored in the sensor electrode towards the storage capacitance C L, wherein steps a) and b) are carried out for a recharging cycle with a predetermined number of recharging operations n U,i, wherein n U,i is a positive integer and i is a running parameter, for successively charging the storage capacitance, wherein prior to a subsequent coupling of the sensor electrode to the charging circuit a respective decoupling of the sensor electrode from the storage circuit takes place, c) acquisition of a parameter A i dependent on the capacitance of the sensor electrode as an ADC value, with i: running index, after completion of the recharging cycle, wherein at least two recharging cycles are carried out and associated parameters A i are acquired in each case, wherein n U,i and n U,i+1 are predetermined and adapted to the operating point for detecting the parameters A i and A i+1 in such a way that, with unchanged capacitance of the sensor electrode, a sum value of A i and A i+1 and/or a difference value of A i and A i+1 at the operating point lies exactly between two bits of an ADC output or deviates from the intermediate value between two bits of an ADC output by at most one maximum value, wherein a total value A ges is determined using the parameters A 1 from a first recharging cycle and A 2 from a second recharging cycle, wherein the number of recharging operations n U,i between the first recharging cycle and the second recharging cycle differs from each other by at least the number 1, where the capacitance value of the sensor electrode is evaluated using the total value A ges. a) Coupling the sensor electrode to a charging circuit to charge the sensor electrode with charge carriers under a predetermined charging voltage, b) decoupling the sensor electrode from the charging circuit and coupling the sensor electrode to a storage circuit having a storage capacitance C L for recharging charge carriers stored in the sensor electrode towards the storage capacitance C L, wherein steps a) and b) are carried out for a recharging cycle with a predetermined number of recharging operations n U,i, wherein n U,i is a positive integer and i is a running parameter, for successively charging the storage capacitance, wherein prior to a subsequent coupling of the sensor electrode to the charging circuit a respective decoupling of the sensor electrode from the storage circuit takes place, c) acquisition of a parameter A i dependent on the capacitance of the sensor electrode as an ADC value, with i: running index, after completion of the recharging cycle, wherein at least two recharging cycles are carried out and associated parameters A i are acquired in each case, wherein n U,i and n U,i+1 are predetermined and adapted to the operating point for detecting the parameters A i and A i+1 in such a way that, with unchanged capacitance of the sensor electrode, a sum value of A i and A i+1 and/or a difference value of A i and A i+1 at the operating point lies exactly between two bits of an ADC output or deviates from the intermediate value between two bits of an ADC output by at most one maximum value, wherein at least two recharging cycles are carried out and associated parameters A i are acquired in each case, wherein n U,i and n U,i+1 are predetermined and adapted to the operating point for detecting the parameters A i and A i+1 in such a way that, with unchanged capacitance of the sensor electrode, a sum value of A i and A i+1 and/or a difference value of A i and A i+1 at the operating point lies exactly between two bits of an ADC output or deviates from the intermediate value between two bits of an ADC output by at most one maximum value, wherein a total value A ges is determined using the parameters A 1 from a first recharging cycle and A 2 from a second recharging cycle, wherein the number of recharging operations n U,i between the first recharging cycle and the second recharging cycle differs from each other by at least the number 1, where the capacitance value of the sensor electrode is evaluated using the total value A ges.