Abstract: A door lock for an electrical household appliance has a framework 10 with an opening 36 for a hook 38, and in the framework a locking element and a locking spring 16 which is arranged between the locking element and an abutment 18 in the framework and is subjected to stressing when the door lock is in an open position, it being the case that the door lock has a movable gripping device 20 which is connected to the locking element and, when the door lock is in the open position, is pressed by the locking spring 16, at a contact location 28, against a part 26 of the framework or in the framework and thus prevents the spring from being relieved of stressing, and the gripping device 20 has a gripping latch 34 into which the hook can be guided as it comes in through the opening 36 of the framework, and which has a contact surface 42 on which the incoming hook presses and thus causes the gripping device 20 to move, and the gripping device 20 is formed such that, in the event of movement, it loses the contact with th