Please, can you help me understand the German name "Brauner Trotzkopf" ?

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Pirat')

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I understand that 'Pirat' is one German word for "pirate" and "Sprenkle" means "speckle" and "salat" is "lettuce".
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And "kopf" means "head" and "Brauner" probably refers to 'Pirat's reddish-brown speckles.

Maybe "Trotz" suggests "stubborn" or "tenacious", since 'Pirat' was bred from the French heirloom 'Merveille des Quatre Saisons' to be more bolting-resistant.

These were my guesses, but I'm hoping that someone who speaks German and also gardens would narrow it down or correct me:

"brown stubborn-head" or
"brown tenacious-head" or
"brown brave head" or
"brown defiant head"

Thanks in advance!

The negative meaning of "Trotz" refers to a (childish) behavior in a kind of resistance. The way of your interpretations.

In a positive sense means "Trotz" resistance - against strong (environmental) factors (heat, aphids, height growth for seeds).
The best translation would be: "Brown Resistive (resistant) head".
This presumably means that this species tolerates (resists) heat without immediately to form a flower growth. The brown leaves helps to keep the aphid infestation low.

han

Thanks very much, Hans! I'll add a comment to that lettuce variety correcting my first guess at the name's meaning, unless you would rather add a comment yourself.