Volgens deze bron klopt de informatie niet.
According to this source, the information is not correct.
Breakdown of Volgens deze bron klopt de informatie niet.
niet
not
deze
this / these
de informatie
the information
kloppen
to be correct
Questions & Answers about Volgens deze bron klopt de informatie niet.
Why do we use volgens here instead of namens?
Volgens means "according to" and is used to show the source of information or an opinion. Namens means "on behalf of", which you would use if someone were speaking as a representative for someone else. Here, we are just citing where the fact came from, so volgens is the correct choice.
Why is it klopt de informatie and not de informatie klopt?
I thought kloppen meant "to knock". Why is it translated as "correct" here?
You are right that kloppen literally means "to knock" or "to beat" (like a heart). However, it is extremely common in Dutch to use it to mean "to be correct", "to be right", or "to add up". So klopt niet simply means "is not correct".
Why is niet placed at the very end of the sentence?
When you negate the action of the entire sentence rather than a specific adjective or prepositional phrase, niet usually goes at the end of the clause. It comes after the specific subject de informatie to negate the verb klopt.