Input device, having: a capacitive detection device, which has a detection surface (10, 100) while forming an array of array electrodes (XO to X8, Y0 to Y8) associated with the detection surface (10, 100); an electronic evaluation unit, which is electrically connected to the array electrodes (XO to X8, Y0 to Y8) in order to form, by means of the array of array electrodes (XO to X8, Y0 to Y8), an associated array of electrical measuring fields for the spatially resolved detection of a capacitive influence on the detection surface (10, 100); a handle, which, providing a first degree of freedom of movement, is arranged on the detection surface (10, 100) by bearing means such that it can be moved along an adjustment path in order to perform an operating input by means of movement, for example with the handle being touched by an operator; a coupling electrode at least partially moved along the adjustment path with the handle; and a plurality of respectively electrically insulated coupling devices (6a, 6b, 6c) made of conductive material, which are distributed along the adjustment path and arranged on the detection surface (10, 100) by the bearing means, and which are each arranged and formed such that a plurality of adjacent measuring fields are each coupled capacitively to an associated coupling device of the plurality of coupling devices (6a, 6b, 6c), wherein the measuring fields associated with a coupling device (6a, 6b, 6c) each define exactly one, preferably coherent, partial area (140, 150, 160) of the detection surface (10, 100); and wherein a plurality of positions of the handle along its adjustment path are provided, in which the coupling electrode is arranged most closely adjacent to at least one of the coupling devices (6a, 6b, 6c), depending on the position, in order to make electrical contact with or at least to couple capacitively to this coupling device (6a, 6b, 6c), depending on the position, and wherein the electronic evaluation unit is designed to detect the position-dependent influence on the measuring fields effected by the capacitive coupling, in order to obtain and output position information about the handle. a capacitive detection device, which has a detection surface (10, 100) while forming an array of array electrodes (XO to X8, Y0 to Y8) associated with the detection surface (10, 100); an electronic evaluation unit, which is electrically connected to the array electrodes (XO to X8, Y0 to Y8) in order to form, by means of the array of array electrodes (XO to X8, Y0 to Y8), an associated array of electrical measuring fields for the spatially resolved detection of a capacitive influence on the detection surface (10, 100); a handle, which, providing a first degree of freedom of movement, is arranged on the detection surface (10, 100) by bearing means such that it can be moved along an adjustment path in order to perform an operating input by means of movement, for example with the handle being touched by an operator; a coupling electrode at least partially moved along the adjustment path with the handle; and a plurality of respectively electrically insulated coupling devices (6a, 6b, 6c) made of conductive material, which are distributed along the adjustment path and arranged on the detection surface (10, 100) by the bearing means, and which are each arranged and formed such that a plurality of adjacent measuring fields are each coupled capacitively to an associated coupling device of the plurality of coupling devices (6a, 6b, 6c), wherein the measuring fields associated with a coupling device (6a, 6b, 6c) each define exactly one, preferably coherent, partial area (140, 150, 160) of the detection surface (10, 100); and wherein a plurality of positions of the handle along its adjustment path are provided, in which the coupling electrode is arranged most closely adjacent to at least one of the coupling devices (6a, 6b, 6c), depending on the position, in order to make electrical contact with or at least to couple capacitively to this coupling device (6a, 6b, 6c), depending on the position, and wherein the electronic evaluation unit is designed to detect the position-dependent influence on the measuring fields effected by the capacitive coupling, in order to obtain and output position information about the handle.