Portable power tool

A portable power tool, comprising:

• a tool holder;
• a motor;
• a switchable gear stage which couples the motor to the tool holder, wherein the switchable gear stage includes a gear element that is movable in a switching direction with a first toothing, which in a first gear position is engaged with a corresponding second toothing and which in a second gear position is disengaged from the corresponding second toothing;
• a finger attached to a slider, wherein the slider is displaceable by a user between a first switch position and a second switch position in the switching direction, wherein the first switch position is assigned to the first gear position and the second switch position is assigned to the second gear position;
• a coupling device which has a carriage that is movable in the switching direction and a catch, wherein the carriage is connected to the gear element and wherein the catch latches in the first gear position and the second gear position and does not latch in positions between the first gear position and the second gear position;
• and
• a spring element which includes a springy first section and a springy second section, wherein both of the springy first section and the springy second section each have a first end attached to the carriage and a second end movable relative to the carriage, and wherein the finger is disposed along a switching axis between the springy first section and the springy second section;
• wherein the catch inhibits a movement of the carriage until the finger is deflected out of the first switch position or the second switch position by at least 50% of a distance between the first gear position and the second gear position.