Abstract: Electronic circuit with a controllable switch, in particular a semiconductor switch, and a control device for controlling the semiconductor switch, wherein the control device is designed to activate the semiconductor switch depending on the voltage applied to a load path at a first time range of a specifiable, preferably negative, half-wave of a periodic electrical voltage that can be applied to the load path of the semiconductor switch and to enable a deactivation of the semiconductor switch depending on the voltage being applied to the load path initially at a second time range following the first time range.