Hand-guided portable cutting device with a cutting fitting, wherein the cutting fitting adjoins a central housing section of the cutting device and has a cutting fitting longitudinal axis, - and wherein a drive connection is located in the central housing section of the cutting device between an electric drive motor and the cutting fitting and the drive connection comprises a drive gear rotating about an axis of rotation, - wherein the drive motor is accommodated in a motor housing and the motor housing extends from the central housing section and has a motor housing longitudinal axis, - and with a handle extending from the central housing section and having a handle longitudinal axis, wherein the handle has a front end adjoining the central housing section in the handle longitudinal direction and a rear end, - wherein the cutting fitting consists of a guide rail and a saw chain running thereon and the drive motor drives the saw chain by way of the drive connection, - wherein the rear handle extends in a first radial direction radially from the central housing section with the drive gear, - and the motor housing with the electric drive motor extends in a second radial direction radially from the central housing section with the drive gear, - and the cutting fitting extends along a length in a third radial direction from the central housing section with the drive gear, - wherein in a side view on the cutting device the point of intersection between the handle longitudinal axis and the motor housing longitudinal axis and the point of intersection between the handle longitudinal axis and the cutting fitting longitudinal axis lie in the central housing section, characterised in that in an end view on the axis of rotation the points of intersection (P1, P2) lie within the contour of the drive gear. - and wherein a drive connection is located in the central housing section of the cutting device between an electric drive motor and the cutting fitting and the drive connection comprises a drive gear rotating about an axis of rotation, - wherein the drive motor is accommodated in a motor housing and the motor housing extends from the central housing section and has a motor housing longitudinal axis, - and with a handle extending from the central housing section and having a handle longitudinal axis, wherein the handle has a front end adjoining the central housing section in the handle longitudinal direction and a rear end, - wherein the cutting fitting consists of a guide rail and a saw chain running thereon and the drive motor drives the saw chain by way of the drive connection, - wherein the rear handle extends in a first radial direction radially from the central housing section with the drive gear, - and the motor housing with the electric drive motor extends in a second radial direction radially from the central housing section with the drive gear, - and the cutting fitting extends along a length in a third radial direction from the central housing section with the drive gear, - wherein in a side view on the cutting device the point of intersection between the handle longitudinal axis and the motor housing longitudinal axis and the point of intersection between the handle longitudinal axis and the cutting fitting longitudinal axis lie in the central housing section, characterised in that in an end view on the axis of rotation the points of intersection (P1, P2) lie within the contour of the drive gear.