A V-type internal combustion engine has a first cylinder bank with four first cylinders and a second cylinder bank with four second cylinders. A first fresh gas line is provided for the first cylinder bank and a second fresh gas line for the second cylinder bank. An exhaust gas system has a first turbocharger, which has a first compressor and a first turbine having two first exhaust gas inlets, and a second turbocharger, which has a second compressor and a second turbine having two second exhaust gas inlets. The first fresh gas line is connectable to the first four cylinders downstream of the first compressor in the flow direction of a fresh gas so as to conduct fresh gas, and the second fresh gas line is connectable to the second four cylinders downstream of the second compressor in the flow direction of the fresh gas so as to conduct fresh gas. A first cylinder and a second cylinder can be connected via the exhaust gas system to the first first exhaust gas inlet, a first cylinder and a second cylinder can be connected via the exhaust system to the second first exhaust gas inlet, a first cylinder and a second cylinder can be connected via the exhaust gas system to the first second exhaust gas inlet, and a first cylinder and a second cylinder can be connected via the exhaust gas system to the second second exhaust gas inlet. A single third compressor is arranged in the first fresh gas line between the first compressor and the first four cylinders.

A V-type internal combustion engine has a first cylinder bank with four first cylinders and a second cylinder bank with four second cylinders. A first fresh gas line is provided for the first cylinder bank and a second fresh gas line for the second cylinder bank. An exhaust gas system has a first turbocharger, which has a first compressor and a first turbine having two first exhaust gas inlets, and a second turbocharger, which has a second compressor and a second turbine having two second exhaust gas inlets. The first fresh gas line is connectable to the first four cylinders downstream of the first compressor in the flow direction of a fresh gas so as to conduct fresh gas, and the second fresh gas line is connectable to the second four cylinders downstream of the second compressor in the flow direction of the fresh gas so as to conduct fresh gas. A first cylinder and a second cylinder can be connected via the exhaust gas system to the first first exhaust gas inlet, a first cylinder and a second cylinder can be connected via the exhaust system to the second first exhaust gas inlet, a first cylinder and a second cylinder can be connected via the exhaust gas system to the first second exhaust gas inlet, and a first cylinder and a second cylinder can be connected via the exhaust gas system to the second second exhaust gas inlet. A single third compressor is arranged in the first fresh gas line between the first compressor and the first four cylinders.

In a method for operating a combustion engine in which exhaust gas located in a cylinder during an outlet cycle thereof is ejected from the cylinder and supplied to an exhaust system, a particularly high specific power output of the combustion engine and/or a particularly low specific fuel consumption are to be made possible, in a particularly simple and reliable manner. For this purpose, according to the invention, in a first cycle phase of the outlet cycle the pulse of the exhaust gas pressure wave flowing out of the cylinder is transmitted in whole or in part to the primary side of an exhaust gas charge pump, before the exhaust gas is passed to the exhaust system in a second cycle phase of the outlet cycle.