德克勒 transliterates Germanic surnames such as Deckler, Deckler, or shortened Decker variants. The fuller form
德克勒克 (Dékèlèkè) is the standard rendering for South African president F. W. de Klerk, who shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela. Occurrences of
德克勒 alone in Chinese fiction usually point to translated Western names.
