The invention relates to an organic Zener diode having an electrode and a counterelectrode and an organic layer arrangement between and in contact with the electrode and the counterelectrode, wherein the organic layer arrangement comprises the following organic layers: an electrically n-doped charge carrier injection layer on the electrode side comprising a mixture of an organic matrix material and an n-dopant, an electrically p-doped charge carrier injection layer on the counterelectrode side comprising a mixture of a further organic matrix material that can selectively be identical to the matrix material in the electrically n-doped charge carrier injection layer on the electrode side, and a p-dopant and an organic intermediate layer that is not doped and is disposed between the electrically n-doped charge carrier injection layer on the electrode side and the electrically p-doped charge carrier injection layer on the counterelectrode side. The invention further relates to an electronic circuit configuration having an organic Zener diode and to a method for operating an organic Zener diode.