The invention relates to an acceleration sensor having at least one piezoelectric element, at least one test
mass, and a base body; the acceleration sensor is arranged in an orthogonal coordinate
system having three axes, one of the three axes being a
vertical axis; the base body has tangential sides and normal sides, the tangential sides being arranged tangentially with respect to the
vertical axis, the normal sides being arranged normally with respect to the
vertical axis; the acceleration sensor has exactly three piezoelectric elements and exactly three test masses; exactly one piezoelectric element is fastened on each of the three tangential sides; exactly one test
mass is fastened on each of the three piezoelectric elements and exerts a
shear force on the piezoelectric element that is proportional to the acceleration upon acceleration; each of the three piezoelectric elements has a high sensitivity to a
shear force along a main tangential axis exerted by the test
mass fastened thereto, the main tangential axis being a different one of the three axes for each of the three piezoelectric elements.