Control device for a household appliance , with a user interface , which is embodied to set at least one operating condition of the household appliance when the control device is controlled by a user , wherein a capacitive detection facility for capacitively detecting the control is embodied on a lower side of the user interface , wherein the lower side is embodied opposite an upper side , which faces the user during control and forms an exterior side of the control device , wherein the capacitive detection facility is embodied as a touch-sensitive detection facility and is embodied to detect the control of the user by the user touching the upper side on the basis of a touch-based change in capacitance and is additionally embodied to detect the control of the user by a control element , of the control device , controlled by the user on the user interface on the basis of a contactless change in capacitance by the control element , wherein the capacitive detection facility is embodied as a foil sensor , wherein the foil sensor has a diamond-type structure, namely diamond pattern of detection elements of the capacitive detection facility for detecting a self-capacitance and a counter capacitance, such that a multi finger gesture recognition can be provided in order to evaluate different inputs at the same time, and wherein the foil sensor has a plurality of detection elements arranged adjacent to one another, which are evaluated independently of one another by means of the capacitive detection facility , and wherein the touch-sensitive detection facility is embodied as a touch-sensitive display facility , and is embodied to display at least one symbol and to detect the contact, and wherein the control element is embodied to be positioned on and removed from the user interface in a non-destructive manner and/or the control element is embodied to be moved in a freely movable manner on the user interface and/or the user interface is embodied to be recess-free, and wherein the capacitive detection facility is embodied to detect a multi finger gesture recognition. wherein the capacitive detection facility is embodied as a foil sensor , wherein the foil sensor has a diamond-type structure, namely diamond pattern of detection elements of the capacitive detection facility for detecting a self-capacitance and a counter capacitance, such that a multi finger gesture recognition can be provided in order to evaluate different inputs at the same time, and wherein the foil sensor has a plurality of detection elements arranged adjacent to one another, which are evaluated independently of one another by means of the capacitive detection facility , and wherein the touch-sensitive detection facility is embodied as a touch-sensitive display facility , and is embodied to display at least one symbol and to detect the contact, and wherein the control element is embodied to be positioned on and removed from the user interface in a non-destructive manner and/or the control element is embodied to be moved in a freely movable manner on the user interface and/or the user interface is embodied to be recess-free, and wherein the capacitive detection facility is embodied to detect a multi finger gesture recognition. <EOS>