Apparatus for the dispensing of very small amounts of liquid includes a measuring vessel which can be filled with an amount of liquid, and to whose outlet there is connected an ejector of a partial quantity. A sensor responds to the liquid level in the measuring vessel, to control a filling system which receives therefrom a signal for the filling of the measuring vessel when the minimum permissible lower liquid level is reached and a signal for the ending of the filling process when the maximum permissible upper liquid level is reached. The sensor is a capacitor which extends at least over the entire range of the variable liquid level in the measuring vessel and whose dielectric is the liquid situated in the measuring vessel. A capacitance meter is provided for measuring the capacitance of the capacitor.