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In golf, the club with the largest clubhead, used for the first shot (tee shot) from the teeing area to achieve maximum distance.
Für diesen langen Abschlag wählte er seinen Driver.
For this long tee shot, he chose his driver.
Careful: 'der Driver' in German does not mean a car driver. Only the English word 'driver' has this meaning. The German term for a person who drives a vehicle is 'der Fahrer' or 'die Fahrerin'.
Der Taxifahrer wartete vor dem Hotel.
The taxi driver was waiting in front of the hotel.
'Driver' is a loanword from English and is usually pronounced as in English. It is used only in the specialized contexts of golf and computing.
Er hat sich einen neuen Driver für seine Golfausrüstung gekauft.
He bought a new driver for his golf equipment.
You can easily recognize which meaning is intended from the topic. Words like 'Abschlag' (tee shot), 'Golfplatz' (golf course), or 'Schläger' (club) point to golf. Terms like 'installieren' (to install), 'Software' (software), or 'Grafikkarte' (graphics card) point to the computer context.
Sein Abschlag mit dem Driver war über 200 Meter weit.
His tee shot with the driver went over 200 meters.
In a computer context, 'Driver' (driver) is often used with the verbs 'installieren' (to install), 'aktualisieren' (to update), 'herunterladen' (to download), or 'suchen' (to search for).
Du musst den neuesten Driver für deine Soundkarte installieren.
You have to install the latest driver for your sound card.
wood
'Holz' and 'Driver' can easily be confused in golf because a driver is one of the long golf clubs that are also called 'Hölzer' (woods). In normal German, however, 'das Holz' mainly means the material from trees. 'Der Driver', by contrast, is a specific golf club for the first shot from the tee, intended to go as far as possible. When you are talking generally about material, 'Holz' fits. When you specifically mean the golf club for the tee shot, 'Driver' is more precise.
Beim Abschlag benutzt Herr Hofmann den Driver, weil er besonders weit schlagen will.
For the tee shot, Mr. Hofmann uses the driver because he wants to hit the ball especially far.
Für den langen Schlag nimmt Tom ein Holz aus seiner Golftasche.
For the long shot, Tom takes a wood from his golf bag.