A device for the assignment of a navigation destination to a character sequence comprising a plurality of groups of characters, comprising: An assignment module, which is configured to make an assignment at least of one group of characters to a first information category out of a plurality of information categories for an interpretation of the character sequence; a memory module which is configured to provide in each case a plurality of features of different information categories for a plurality of navigation destinations uniquely assigned to one navigation destination; and a selection module, which is configured to select one navigation destination out of a plurality of navigation destinations, if the group of characters corresponds to a feature of the first information category assigned to the one navigation destination, wherein the assignment module is furthermore configured, in the one navigation destination to make only one assignment of further groups of characters from the character sequence to a second information category, if for the second information category one feature corresponding to the respective group of characters is assigned to the one navigation destination, and only if the selection module cannot select any navigation destination from the plurality of navigation destinations, because the group of characters does not uniquely correspond to any feature of the first information category, the assignment module furthermore is configured to make an assignment of a further group of characters to the second information category, if the further group of characters corresponds to a feature, which is stored for the second information category in the memory module and is within a pre-defined environment of the device. An assignment module, which is configured to make an assignment at least of one group of characters to a first information category out of a plurality of information categories for an interpretation of the character sequence; a memory module which is configured to provide in each case a plurality of features of different information categories for a plurality of navigation destinations uniquely assigned to one navigation destination; and a selection module, which is configured to select one navigation destination out of a plurality of navigation destinations, if the group of characters corresponds to a feature of the first information category assigned to the one navigation destination, wherein the assignment module is furthermore configured, in the one navigation destination to make only one assignment of further groups of characters from the character sequence to a second information category, if for the second information category one feature corresponding to the respective group of characters is assigned to the one navigation destination, and only if the selection module cannot select any navigation destination from the plurality of navigation destinations, because the group of characters does not uniquely correspond to any feature of the first information category, the assignment module furthermore is configured to make an assignment of a further group of characters to the second information category, if the further group of characters corresponds to a feature, which is stored for the second information category in the memory module and is within a pre-defined environment of the device.