A microelectromechanical, MEMS, device, comprising: a substrate layer having a substrate plane; a MEMS layer including a suspended spring-mass system and having an upper plane and a lower plane, the lower plane being located above and parallel to the substrate plane, the suspended spring-mass system comprising a plurality of movable electrodes; a plurality of fixed electrodes (518, 522), wherein each of the plurality of fixed electrodes is at least partially located within the MEMS layer and has an upper plane and a lower plane, wherein each of the plurality of movable electrodes is located adjacent to at least one of the plurality of fixed electrodes, wherein the suspended spring-mass system is configured to move within the MEMS layer in a first proportional movement relative to the plurality of fixed electrodes in response to a first value of a first force in a first direction, wherein the suspended spring-mass system is configured to move outside the MEMS layer in a second proportional movement relative to the substrate in response to a second value of a second force in a second direction, and wherein either the plurality of movable electrodes and/or the plurality of fixed electrodes are configured to output a sense signal in response to the first force and the second force; and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes (502, 508) located on the substrate layer facing the lower plane of the suspended spring-mass system or one or more of the fixed electrodes, wherein the plurality of auxiliary electrodes are configured such that a plurality of auxiliary electrical signals from the auxiliary electrodes provide compensation for the second force, and wherein the MEMS device is configured such that an output signal representative of the first force is based on the sense signal and the compensation; wherein the plurality of movable electrodes is suspended by components that are configured to facilitate motion of the movable electrodes in the first direction and resist motion of the movable electrodes in other directions causing the first proportional movement to be larger than the second proportional movement when the first value and the second value are equivalent. a substrate layer having a substrate plane; a MEMS layer including a suspended spring-mass system and having an upper plane and a lower plane, the lower plane being located above and parallel to the substrate plane, the suspended spring-mass system comprising a plurality of movable electrodes; a plurality of fixed electrodes (518, 522), wherein each of the plurality of fixed electrodes is at least partially located within the MEMS layer and has an upper plane and a lower plane, wherein each of the plurality of movable electrodes is located adjacent to at least one of the plurality of fixed electrodes, wherein the suspended spring-mass system is configured to move within the MEMS layer in a first proportional movement relative to the plurality of fixed electrodes in response to a first value of a first force in a first direction, wherein the suspended spring-mass system is configured to move outside the MEMS layer in a second proportional movement relative to the substrate in response to a second value of a second force in a second direction, and wherein either the plurality of movable electrodes and/or the plurality of fixed electrodes are configured to output a sense signal in response to the first force and the second force; and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes (502, 508) located on the substrate layer facing the lower plane of the suspended spring-mass system or one or more of the fixed electrodes, wherein the plurality of auxiliary electrodes are configured such that a plurality of auxiliary electrical signals from the auxiliary electrodes provide compensation for the second force, and wherein the MEMS device is configured such that an output signal representative of the first force is based on the sense signal and the compensation; wherein the plurality of movable electrodes is suspended by components that are configured to facilitate motion of the movable electrodes in the first direction and resist motion of the movable electrodes in other directions causing the first proportional movement to be larger than the second proportional movement when the first value and the second value are equivalent.