Tegenwoordig means present. Tegenwoordigheid means presence. You may come across the term in official documents.
For example, a civil registration marriage record may mention that the bride’s parents were hierbij tegenwoordig [hereby present], and consented to the marriage. Or you may find a notarial record that was signed in the tegenwoordigheid of two witnesses.
![Marriage of Henk Hoitink and Mien Woordes, 1942](https://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Trouwreportage-Henk-en-Mien-1-672x411.jpg)
Marriage of Henk Hoitink and Mien Woordes, 1942, in the presence of their mothers and his grandfather