Pulse-controlled inverter for providing a pulse-width modulated output voltage at a phase terminal (U, V, W), comprising: a semiconductor switch (S1-S6) which includes an input terminal, an output terminal, and a control terminal; a diode (D1-D6) which is arranged in parallel to the semiconductor switch (S1-S6), between the input terminal and the output terminal of the semiconductor switch (S1-S6), wherein the pulse-width modulated output voltage is provided at a node, at which the diode (D1-D6) and the input terminal or output terminal of the semiconductor switch (S1-S6) are connected to each other; a current detector (I1-I9) which is designed for detecting a current in the pulse-controlled inverter; wherein the current detector (I1-I9) is designed for detecting a current at the phase terminal (U, V, W); and a control device which is designed for generating control signals for triggering the semiconductor switch (S1-S6) and providing said signals at the control terminal of the semiconductor switch (S1-S6), wherein the control device is further designed for suppressing a generated control signal in accordance with the current at the control terminal of the semiconductor switch (S1-S6), which is detected by the current detector (I1-I9), characterized in that the control device is further designed for calculating a phase current progression in the pulse-controlled inverter on the basis of the detected current, and suppressing the generated control signals in accordance with the calculated current progression at the control terminal of the semiconductor switch (S1-S6) if, on the basis of the calculated prediction of the phase current, the current will still flow anyway through the freewheeling diode (D1-D6) arranged in parallel to the respective semiconductor switch (S1-S6). a semiconductor switch (S1-S6) which includes an input terminal, an output terminal, and a control terminal; a diode (D1-D6) which is arranged in parallel to the semiconductor switch (S1-S6), between the input terminal and the output terminal of the semiconductor switch (S1-S6), wherein the pulse-width modulated output voltage is provided at a node, at which the diode (D1-D6) and the input terminal or output terminal of the semiconductor switch (S1-S6) are connected to each other; a current detector (I1-I9) which is designed for detecting a current in the pulse-controlled inverter; wherein the current detector (I1-I9) is designed for detecting a current at the phase terminal (U, V, W); and a control device which is designed for generating control signals for triggering the semiconductor switch (S1-S6) and providing said signals at the control terminal of the semiconductor switch (S1-S6), wherein the control device is further designed for suppressing a generated control signal in accordance with the current at the control terminal of the semiconductor switch (S1-S6), which is detected by the current detector (I1-I9), characterized in that the control device is further designed for calculating a phase current progression in the pulse-controlled inverter on the basis of the detected current, and suppressing the generated control signals in accordance with the calculated current progression at the control terminal of the semiconductor switch (S1-S6) if, on the basis of the calculated prediction of the phase current, the current will still flow anyway through the freewheeling diode (D1-D6) arranged in parallel to the respective semiconductor switch (S1-S6).