1. In an electrical/electronic apparatus having a plurality of operating states and an operating device for operating the apparatus, a method of adapting the operating device to an operating behavior of a user, which comprises: storing user input selected from the group consisting of a selection and a setting of the operating states in a memory; ascertaining a number how often a given user input with the selection or the setting is implemented and determining a most frequent operating state; and for a next user input with a selection or a setting of an operating state, suggesting the most frequent operating state.