Internal Combustion Engine

An internal combustion engine has a cylinder with cylinder liner and a reciprocatingly supported piston delimiting a combustion chamber and driving in rotation a crankshaft in a crankcase. A device for supplying fuel and combustion air is provided. At least one transfer passage connects in at least one piston position the crankcase interior with the combustion chamber. The transfer passage has a transfer port that opens into the combustion chamber and an opening that opens into the crankcase. Opening and transfer port are displaced relative to each other in circumferential direction of the cylinder. The cylinder liner has at least one segment of a piston bearing surface and forms at least one wall section of the transfer passage. The cylinder has an upper cylinder segment and a lower cylinder segment that are separately embodied. The cylinder liner is separate from the upper and lower cylinder segments.