'Mostly he says nein!': Claire Danes reveals son Cyrus speaks German after attending Kindergarten in Berlin while she filmed Homeland

Published: 10:48 EST, 8 December 2015 | Updated: 10:58 EST, 8 December 2015

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Claire Danes is back in New York after filming the fifth season of Homeland in Berlin but says living in Germany was a great experience for her son Cyrus.

The actress, 36, who's married to English actor Hugh Dancy, 40, revealed her little boy, who turns three on December 17, started school there.

'He went to Kindergarten in Berlin. He speaks a little German...mostly "nein,"' she told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show on Monday.

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Back home: Claire Danes made an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on Monday and said she and her family are going to be living in New York for a while, now she's finished filming Homeland in Berlin

Nein is the German word for no.

Other words her son knows, Danes said, include Guten Appetit ('enjoy your meal') and Gesundheit (literally 'health' after sneezing).

The actress told Fallon that she and her family will be back based in the Big Apple for a while.

Her husband is filming a new TV drama series and she plans on doing a play.

Proud mommy: The Homeland star, 36, talked about her son Cyrus, who turns three this month, starting school while they were in Germany

Bi-lingual: The actress said her son can also speak a little German, but mostly likes to use the word 'nein', which means 'no'

That's my boy! Danes, who's married to English actor Hugh Dancy, gave birth to the couple's son Cyrus in December 2012. She's pictured with the tot during an outing in New York in early October

Meanwhile, the couple plan to celebrate Christmas with Dancy's English family and friends, she said.

'They have that English discipline and reserve,' she sighed. 'They open their stockings, make their lunch, have their lunch and it's like seven o'clock before they open the presents.'

'It takes forever,' she said.

Surving the holidays: Danes had Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon in stitches as she joked about spending Christmas with her English in-laws and how they take forever to open their presents on Christmas Day

Culture clash: She joked that her husband's family is 'very English and reserved' when it comes to marking the holiday, whereas, being American, she just wants to get up early and rip the wrapping paper off everything

Danes, who found fame in TV's My So-Called Life in 1994 and in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, spoke about her six year marriage to the Daniel Deronda star to NET-A-PORTER.com.

'Marriage is wonderful. It’s challenging, and… it just keeps getting deeper. I keep learning more things about him and myself, and that’s not always comfortable,' she told the digital fashion magazine.

'But I have this incredible security, and it’s a huge asset to have a partnership with someone you trust and admire – and want to make out with.'

Danes and Dancy, 40, wed in 2009 after meeting on the set of the film Evening. He is now shooting a new TV drama in New York while she plans to do a play, she told Fallon. The couple are pictured in September in LA