1. A method for triggering an emergency braking of a vehicle for one of avoiding a collision and reducing a severity of a collision, the vehicle having at least one detection sensor, the method comprising the steps of: ascertaining a probability of collision as a function of a detected object; triggering the emergency braking as a function of the probability of collision; and ascertaining a risk to the vehicle in the event that the emergency braking is triggered as a function of a current situation in surroundings of the vehicle, wherein a triggering threshold for the emergency braking is variable in such a way that, if the ascertained risk posed by the emergency braking is low, a probability for false triggering is increased, and if the ascertained risk posed by the emergency braking is higher, then the probability for false triggering is reduced.