A spring terminal, in particular a direct clamp terminal, for connecting a conductor which can be constructed as a flexible stranded conductor, which spring terminal comprises at least the following features: a) a housing (3, 30, 40) having a chamber and having an insertion conduit for the conductor into the chamber, b) a bus bar and/or a clamping cage, c) a clamping spring arranged in the chamber and acting as a pressure spring for fixing the electrical conductor on the bus bar and/or on the clamping cage in the area of a clamping position, d) wherein the clamping spring comprises a clamping limb which is pivotable about a pivot axis, which clamping limb can be moved from a detent mode in which it is locked in a locked position into a clamping state in which it is released from the detent mode and presses the electrical conductor against the bus bar or the clamping cage, e) wherein the clamping limb can be released from the detent mode by two different adjusting means. f) wherein the first of the two adjusting means comprises a movable release element on which the end of the conductor to be contacted acts during the insertion of the conductor and with which the clamping limb of the clamping spring can be directly or indirectly released from the detent mode, g) wherein the second of the two adjusting means comprises an actuating element, wherein the detent mode can be released by the introduction of the conductor in the conductor insertion direction into the housing, wherein the detent mode is produced by pressure on the clamping limb (1, 1) in the conductor insertion direction, characterized in that h) the detent mode is not produced by locking an element on a free locking edge of the clamping limb, i) wherein the second of the two adjusting means, the actuating means for moving the clamping limb, can itself be locked jointly with the clamping limb of the clamping spring in the detent mode and can itself be released directly from the detent mode, as a result of which the clamping limb of the clamping spring can also be released from the detent mode. a) a housing (3, 30, 40) having a chamber and having an insertion conduit for the conductor into the chamber, b) a bus bar and/or a clamping cage, c) a clamping spring arranged in the chamber and acting as a pressure spring for fixing the electrical conductor on the bus bar and/or on the clamping cage in the area of a clamping position, d) wherein the clamping spring comprises a clamping limb which is pivotable about a pivot axis, which clamping limb can be moved from a detent mode in which it is locked in a locked position into a clamping state in which it is released from the detent mode and presses the electrical conductor against the bus bar or the clamping cage, e) wherein the clamping limb can be released from the detent mode by two different adjusting means. f) wherein the first of the two adjusting means comprises a movable release element on which the end of the conductor to be contacted acts during the insertion of the conductor and with which the clamping limb of the clamping spring can be directly or indirectly released from the detent mode, g) wherein the second of the two adjusting means comprises an actuating element, wherein the detent mode can be released by the introduction of the conductor in the conductor insertion direction into the housing, wherein the detent mode is produced by pressure on the clamping limb (1, 1) in the conductor insertion direction, characterized in that h) the detent mode is not produced by locking an element on a free locking edge of the clamping limb, i) wherein the second of the two adjusting means, the actuating means for moving the clamping limb, can itself be locked jointly with the clamping limb of the clamping spring in the detent mode and can itself be released directly from the detent mode, as a result of which the clamping limb of the clamping spring can also be released from the detent mode.