Two-stroke engine

A two-stroke engine has a cylinder with a combustion chamber which is bounded by a piston which drives a crankshaft which rotates in a crankcase. The crankcase is connected to the combustion chamber via an overflow passage in the lower dead center region of the piston. The two stroke engine has an intake passage. A carburetor forms a section of the intake passage. The intake passage is partially divided into an air passage, which supplies combustion air into an overflow passage, and a mixture passage which opens into the crankcase. A throttle valve mounted pivotably in the carburetor controls the combustion air quantity supplied to the air and mixture passages. An air-guiding element arranged on the passage wall of the air passage guides the combustion air passing between the throttle valve and passage wall in the idling position of the throttle valve in the direction of the mixture passage.