Two-stroke engine

A two-stroke engine comprising:

• a cylinder;
• a piston mounted in said cylinder in a reciprocating manner, wherein said piston delimits a combustion chamber formed in said cylinder;
• a crankcase defining a crankcase interior and having a crankshaft mounted rotatably therein;
• said piston being configured to drive a crankshaft mounted rotatably in a crankcase in rotation;
• an intake channel which leads into said crankcase interior by way of an intake channel opening;
• an air channel which leads out at a cylinder bore by way of at least one air channel opening;
• at least one transfer channel which leads out at said cylinder bore of said cylinder by way of at least one transfer window and which fluidically connects said crankcase interior to said combustion chamber in a region of a bottom dead center of said piston;
• said piston having at least one piston pocket which connects said at least one air channel opening to said at least one transfer window at least in a region of a top dead center of said piston;
• a fuel supply unit for supplying fuel into said intake channel;
• and,
• said at least one piston pocket having at least one section configured and arranged such that, during a downward stroke of said piston, a fluidic connection between said at least one piston pocket and said at least one air channel opening exists down to a crankshaft angle (α) of at least 40° before the bottom dead center of said piston.