A capacitive
level sensor (10) for measuring the level (H1, H2; H1', H2') of a medium (16) in a container (14), comprising an
electrode unit (12) comprising a strip-shaped measuring
electrode (22), a strip-shaped counter
electrode (24), and a strip-shaped shielding electrode (26, 28, 40), wherein the shielding electrode (26, 28, 40) at least partially surrounds the measuring electrode (22), and a
signal processing arrangement (46), characterized in that a first AC
voltage source (60) with a predetermined frequency and amplitude is provided, to which the shielding electrode (26, 28, 40) is connected, such that a shielding
capacitor (54, 56) formed between the shielding electrode (26, 28, 40) and the measuring electrode (22) 58) has a shielding
capacitance that is proportional to the length of the shielding electrode (26, 28, 40), that a second AC
voltage source (66) of the same frequency and with a predetermined second amplitude is present,wherein the second amplitude is
out of phase with the first amplitude to which the counter-electrode (24) is connected, such that a measuring
capacitor (52) formed between the counter-electrode (24) and the measuring electrode (22) has a measuring
capacitance that is proportional to the fill level (H1, H2; H1', H2'), that the measuring
capacitor (52) and the shielding capacitor (54, 56, 58) are connected to form a
capacitive voltage divider, and that the divided measuring electrode
voltage (72) applied to the measuring electrode (22) is used to determine the fill level (H1, H2; H1', H2') in the
signal processing arrangement (46).