Abstract: A device for stabilizing a vehicle is described. The device contains a first determining arrangement using which at least one vehicle motion quantity is determined. Furthermore, the device contains a second determining arrangement using which a characteristic quantity is determined for the vehicle motion quantity. In addition, the device contains a control arrangement using which intervention quantities are determined as a function of the vehicle motion quantity and the characteristic quantity and are supplied to an actuator arrangement to perform brake interventions and/or engine interventions in order to stabilize the vehicle. The second determining arrangement contains a computing arrangement using which a final value for the characteristic quantity is determined and is supplied to the adjusting arrangement using which the variation over time according to which the characteristic quantity attains its final value is adjusted to the behavior of the vehicle.