A household dishwasher includes a rinsing container, a washing item receptacle, a guide mechanism for moving the washing item receptacle from a starting state within the rinsing container to an end state outside the rinsing container and vice versa, and a lifting mechanism for raising the receptacle from a starting position to an end position and to lower it from the end position to the starting position. The lifting mechanism includes a lifting lever pivotably connected to the rinsing container and the guide mechanism and having a guide contour for arresting the receptacle in the end position when lifted from the starting position to the end position and in the end state when lowered from the end position to the starting position so that the receptacle is only movable from the starting state to the end state in the starting position and vice versa.