the invention relates to a method for current measurement in an in particular multiphase electrical system , in which an electrical load is energized as desired by at least one circuit element and a control unit produces drive signals which act on the at least one circuit element in order to achieve the desired energization of the load . the invention provides that clock patterns of the drive signals are associated with measurement windows for current measurement , in particular for measuring phase currents , and clock patterns are temporally offset in order to obtain measurement windows with a sufficient temporal length . a minimum temporal shift is the sum of a minimum dead time of the circuit element , a minimum settling time of the measuring amplifier circuit , and a minimum sampling time of the analogue - to - digital converter . the invention furthermore provides that the clock patterns are selected taking into consideration a phase selection for the current measurement . provision may be made for the clock patterns to be selected taking into consideration the instantaneous rotary angle position of the phase vector . in addition , a corresponding apparatus is specified .