Abstract: A method for controlling knocking in internal combustion engines includes determining a measurement window for each ignition cycle. A sensor signal of a knock sensor is scanned within the measurement window at a predetermined scanning frequency to form scanning values. Digital knock values are determined as the mean value of a given number of the relatively highest scanning values. A knock threshold is formed from a noise value calculated by sliding mean-value formation from a given number of previous knock values. The digital knock values are compared with the knock threshold. The ignition angle is intermittently retarded whenever a knock value exceeds the knock threshold.