A capacitive micromechanical accelerometer comprising: a substrate, which defines a substrate plane; a rotor (601; 801) mounted to the substrate via a rotor suspender, the rotor suspender comprising one or more torsion springs (603; 803) enabling rotation of the rotor with respect to the substrate plane about a transversal rotor rotation axis; anc a stator (602; 802), which is fixed with respect to the substrate plane; wherein the rotor (601; 802) includes one or more rotor electrodes and the stator (602; 802) includes one or more stator electrodes, the rotor and stator electrodes being configured such that rotation of the rotor causes a change in the effective area of the rotor and stator electrodes and/or the distance between the rotor and stator electrodes; wherein the rotor suspender comprises also a suspender structure (604; 804) formed of bars or beams connected in a sequence extending from a rotor anchor region (606; 806) to the torsion springs (603; 803); wherein the torsion springs (603; 803) are aligned on the transversal rotor rotation axis to enable rotation of the rotor (601; 801) with respect to the substrate plane about the transversal rotor rotation axis; characterised in that the capacitive micromechanical accelerometer further comprises one or more damping springs (605; 805) extending away from the rotor (602; 802) towards the interior of the capacitive micromechanical accelerometer to connect the rotor (601; 801) to the substrate; wherein each damping spring (605; 805) has a height perpendicular to the substrate plane that is smaller than a height perpendicular to the substrate plane of the one or more torsion springs; wherein the stator (602; 802) and the suspender structure (604; 804) are fixed to a common anchor region (606; 806) on the substrate; wherein the one or more damping springs (606; 806) are connected to the common anchor region (606; 806), optionally via the suspender structure. a substrate, which defines a substrate plane; a rotor (601; 801) mounted to the substrate via a rotor suspender, the rotor suspender comprising one or more torsion springs (603; 803) enabling rotation of the rotor with respect to the substrate plane about a transversal rotor rotation axis; anc a stator (602; 802), which is fixed with respect to the substrate plane; wherein the rotor (601; 802) includes one or more rotor electrodes and the stator (602; 802) includes one or more stator electrodes, the rotor and stator electrodes being configured such that rotation of the rotor causes a change in the effective area of the rotor and stator electrodes and/or the distance between the rotor and stator electrodes; wherein the rotor suspender comprises also a suspender structure (604; 804) formed of bars or beams connected in a sequence extending from a rotor anchor region (606; 806) to the torsion springs (603; 803); wherein the torsion springs (603; 803) are aligned on the transversal rotor rotation axis to enable rotation of the rotor (601; 801) with respect to the substrate plane about the transversal rotor rotation axis; characterised in that the capacitive micromechanical accelerometer further comprises one or more damping springs (605; 805) extending away from the rotor (602; 802) towards the interior of the capacitive micromechanical accelerometer to connect the rotor (601; 801) to the substrate; wherein each damping spring (605; 805) has a height perpendicular to the substrate plane that is smaller than a height perpendicular to the substrate plane of the one or more torsion springs; wherein the stator (602; 802) and the suspender structure (604; 804) are fixed to a common anchor region (606; 806) on the substrate; wherein the one or more damping springs (606; 806) are connected to the common anchor region (606; 806), optionally via the suspender structure.