A handheld power tool with a rotating and/or hammering drive mechanism for a tool (11) that can be inserted into a tool receptacle (10) has a unit which transmit the rotation of a motor shaft (5) to an intermediate shaft (7), by which the tool receptacle (10) is set into a rotary motion and/or a hammering motion. A compact construction of the handheld power tool is attained by providing that the motor shaft (5) is coupleable or is coupled to the intermediate shaft (7) in one axis.