1. A method for operator control of a motor vehicle component by a gesture, the method comprising: detecting the gesture being executed by an input unit of an operator in a three-dimensional operator control space ( 2 ), which is part of an interior ( 1 ) of a motor vehicle; executing an operator control function associated with the identified gesture; and outputting a feedback signal as soon as the input unit enters or has entered the three-dimensional operator control space ( 2 ) from outside the three-dimensional operator control space ( 2 ), wherein the feedback signal is output while the input unit is in the three-dimensional operator control space ( 2 ) and no gesture has been detected.