1. A method for encoding a video frame or picture, the method comprising: dividing up the video frame or the picture in portions of a first type and portions of a second type, wherein the portions of the first type are associated with a first scanning pattern, and the portions of the second type are associated with a second scanning pattern that is different from the first scanning pattern; transforming data corresponding to a predetermined of the portions of the video frame or picture into a two-dimensional array of transform coefficients, wherein a scanning order is defined among the transform coefficients by the scanning pattern of the predetermined portion, the scanning order assigning each transform coefficient a unique scanning position; precoding a predetermined of the transform coefficients in order to obtain a transform data unit; choosing one of a first and a second set of context models, depending on as to whether the predetermined portion is a portion of a type being associated with the first or the second scanning pattern, the first and the second set being different to each other; assigning one context model of the chosen one of the first and the second set of context models to the transform data unit based on the scanning position assigned to the predetermined transform coefficient, wherein each context model is associated with a different probability estimation; and arithmetically encoding the transform data unit or a sub-unit thereof into a coded bit stream based on the probability estimation with which the assigned context model is associated.