The invention relates to a method and a device for assisting a maneuvering process of a motor vehicle. The maneuvering process of a motor vehicle is assisted in at least partially automated fashion from a present position into a target position. The method comprises the following steps: a multiplicity of possible trajectories from the present position into the target position are determined; one of said trajectories is defined as the trajectory to be followed by the vehicle during the maneuvering process on the basis of a predefined criterion. The definition is performed repeatedly during the execution of the maneuvering process, with the trajectory to be followed being updated in each case.