Steering device for a motor vehicle , having - a steering handle , which has an end face, which in a position of use of the steering handle faces a user, wherein the steering handle in the position of use is arranged ready for use for receiving an operating action for steering the motor vehicle by the user, and wherein the steering handle is arranged in the position of rest such that a surface of the steering handle facing away from the user in the position of use faces the user, - a display element of the steering handle , which is arranged on a side of the steering handle facing away from the end face, wherein the steering device is characterised by an adjusting device for changing between a use position of the steering handle and a position of rest of the steering handle by pivoting the steering handle and by a control unit which is configured: - to receive an operating signal from an operating device (26, S1), - to generate a control signal as a function of the received operating signal which describes a driving mode to be set by a driver assistance unit (S2), - to transmit the generated control signal to the driver assistance unit and thereby set the driving mode described by the control signal (S3), - to generate an adjustment signal which describes a change between a position of use of the steering handle and a position of rest of the steering handle by pivoting the steering handle (S4), - to transmit the generated adjustment signal to the adjusting device (16, S5), - to generate a display signal for activating a display element of the steering handle (14, S7) as a function of the set driving mode, and - to transmit the generated display signal to a display device of the motor vehicle or to the display element (31, S8). - a steering handle , which has an end face, which in a position of use of the steering handle faces a user, wherein the steering handle in the position of use is arranged ready for use for receiving an operating action for steering the motor vehicle by the user, and wherein the steering handle is arranged in the position of rest such that a surface of the steering handle facing away from the user in the position of use faces the user, - a display element of the steering handle , which is arranged on a side of the steering handle facing away from the end face, - to receive an operating signal from an operating device (26, S1), - to generate a control signal as a function of the received operating signal which describes a driving mode to be set by a driver assistance unit (S2), - to transmit the generated control signal to the driver assistance unit and thereby set the driving mode described by the control signal (S3), - to generate an adjustment signal which describes a change between a position of use of the steering handle and a position of rest of the steering handle by pivoting the steering handle (S4), - to transmit the generated adjustment signal to the adjusting device (16, S5), - to generate a display signal for activating a display element of the steering handle (14, S7) as a function of the set driving mode, and - to transmit the generated display signal to a display device of the motor vehicle or to the display element (31, S8). <EOS>