are laterally supported by noses 14 provided by railing 13 which each lie in the same plane as the associated curved sections 21 and 22 as can be seen particularly in fig6 as is visible particularly in the view of fig6 the rack insert makes it possible to securely hold items 16 to be washed which are in the form of hollow vessels this being achieved using the space 17 on the other side of tines 4 and 5 which cannot be used in prior art approaches thus the design of the rack insert is advantageous over other designs in two respects first it allows for a more optimized space utilization by avoiding unnecessary dead space l second it allows for flexible use because dishwasher rack insert 1 no longer serves only to accommodate plates but may also be used to accommodate towering hollow vessels such as wheat beer glasses vases and or the like preferably tines 4 and 5 of dishwasher rack insert 1 are spaced apart from the associated railing of dishwasher rack 2 so that a longitudinal space 17 is formed in loading direction 10 between railing 13 of dishwasher rack 2 and the associated tines 4 respectively 5 of rack insert 1 as can be seen particularly in the view of fig5 this longitudinal space 17 may.