An ignition coil for an Otto engine for an high-voltage winding has a conductive, laminar component, which is at a specified distance from the high-voltage winding and which is electrically connected to a terminal of the ignition coil. In a method for the capacitive coupling of the high-voltage winding of an ignition coil for diagnostic purposes, a conductive, laminar component of the ignition coil, which is at a specified distance from the high-voltage winding and which is electrically connected to a terminal of the ignition coil, is used as a capacitive coupling element.