Laundry care appliance with an outer tub for receiving washing liquid, wherein the outer tub has an outlet opening and an inlet opening , which are fluidically connected by means of a liquid pipe , a laundry drum for receiving laundry, a washing liquid supply facility for supplying washing liquid into the outer tub , a pump which is embodied to drain washing liquid through the outlet opening into the liquid pipe and to supply the drained washing liquid through the inlet opening back to the outer tub in order to wet the laundry in the laundry drum , a volume recording facility for recording a volume (157-1, 157-2) of washing liquid not bound to the laundry and a controller for controlling the pump and the washing liquid supply facility , characterised in that the controller is embodied to activate the washing liquid supply facility during a first time segment (147-1) and to supply a first quantity of washing liquid (149-1) to the outer tub , that the controller is embodied to activate the pump during the first time segment (147-1) in order to recirculate the supplied washing liquid through the liquid pipe , wherein the volume recording facility is embodied to record a first volume (157-1) of the washing liquid not bound to the laundry during the first time segment (147-1), that the controller is embodied to activate the washing liquid supply facility during a further time segment (147-2) which follows the first time segment (147-1) and to supply a further quantity of washing liquid (149-2) to the outer tub , that the controller is embodied to activate the pump during the further time segment (147-2) in order to recirculate the supplied washing liquid through the liquid pipe , wherein the volume recording facility is embodied to record a further volume (157-2) of the washing liquid not bound to the laundry during the further time segment (147-2), and that the controller is embodied to deactivate the washing liquid supply facility after the further time segment (147-2) when the sum of the first volume (157-1) and the further volume (157-2) exceeds a volume limit value . the controller is embodied to activate the washing liquid supply facility during a first time segment (147-1) and to supply a first quantity of washing liquid (149-1) to the outer tub , that the controller is embodied to activate the pump during the first time segment (147-1) in order to recirculate the supplied washing liquid through the liquid pipe , wherein the volume recording facility is embodied to record a first volume (157-1) of the washing liquid not bound to the laundry during the first time segment (147-1), that the controller is embodied to activate the washing liquid supply facility during a further time segment (147-2) which follows the first time segment (147-1) and to supply a further quantity of washing liquid (149-2) to the outer tub , that the controller is embodied to activate the pump during the further time segment (147-2) in order to recirculate the supplied washing liquid through the liquid pipe , wherein the volume recording facility is embodied to record a further volume (157-2) of the washing liquid not bound to the laundry during the further time segment (147-2), and that the controller is embodied to deactivate the washing liquid supply facility after the further time segment (147-2) when the sum of the first volume (157-1) and the further volume (157-2) exceeds a volume limit value . <EOS>