A method for charging an accumulator of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, wherein a cooling device of the motor vehicle is operated in order to cool the accumulator during the charging of the accumulator, wherein the motor vehicle emits noise in dependence on the cooling power of the cooling device, including the steps: determining positional data for a position of the motor vehicle during charging, determining a maximum value for a noise emission on the basis of the positional data and while taking into account noise emission positional data, and taking into account the maximum value for noise emission with respect to the charging of the accumulator.