Thie

Etymology
From, , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, whence dialectal 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  a square or spot in a village that historically served as a thingstead

Usage notes

 * Spots popularly as well as officially known as exist in many northern German villages. There is often no local tradition about the original purpose of these places, but information plaques have sometimes been installed.
 * Plurals could be, but they are hardly attested (if at all). Compounds such as or  are more common.