diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalindex.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalindex.hh
index 4bcac66675a8618c729aa403cbd275c78b95dbac..3ae58d0c15c44971825e9b6e3d4f4fc44e97eca0 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalindex.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalindex.hh
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public:
 
 
   /** \brief Given a local index, retrieve its index globally unique over all processes. */
-  int globalIndex(const int& localIndex) const {
+  int index(const int& localIndex) const {
     return localGlobalMap_.find(localIndex)->second;
   }
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public:
     return globalLocalMap_.find(globalIndex)->second;
   }
 
-  int globalIndex(const typename GridView::template Codim<CODIM>::Entity& entity) const
+  int index(const typename GridView::template Codim<CODIM>::Entity& entity) const
   {
     return localGlobalMap_.find(gridview_.indexSet().index(entity))->second;
   }
diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
index 43fa20b6d6cd2d26ffb484aa13f604828db1e352..a99ccd28bc501d819495f669b98ef56cbf2d933f 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace Dune {
         {
           //int localIndex  = globalVertexIndex.localIndex (*it->template subEntity<2>(i));
           int localIndex  = p2Mapper.map(*it, i, 2);
-          int globalIndex = globalVertexIndex.globalIndex(*it->template subEntity<2>(i));
+          int globalIndex = globalVertexIndex.index(*it->template subEntity<2>(i));
 
           localGlobalMap_[localIndex]  = globalIndex;
           globalLocalMap_[globalIndex] = localIndex;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace Dune {
         {
           //int localIndex  = globalEdgeIndex.localIndex (*it->template subEntity<1>(i)) + gridView.size(2);
           int localIndex  = p2Mapper.map(*it, i, 1);
-          int globalIndex = globalEdgeIndex.globalIndex(*it->template subEntity<1>(i)) + globalVertexIndex.nGlobalEntity();
+          int globalIndex = globalEdgeIndex.index(*it->template subEntity<1>(i)) + globalVertexIndex.nGlobalEntity();
 
           localGlobalMap_[localIndex]  = globalIndex;
           globalLocalMap_[globalIndex] = localIndex;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace Dune {
         {
           //int localIndex  = globalEdgeIndex.localIndex (*it->template subEntity<1>(i)) + gridView.size(2);
           int localIndex  = p2Mapper.map(*it, 0, 0);
-          int globalIndex = globalElementIndex.globalIndex(*it->template subEntity<0>(0))
+          int globalIndex = globalElementIndex.index(*it->template subEntity<0>(0))
                             + globalEdgeIndex.nGlobalEntity()
                             + globalVertexIndex.nGlobalEntity();
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace Dune {
     }
 
     /** \brief Given a local index, retrieve its index globally unique over all processes. */
-    int globalIndex(const int& localIndex) const {
+    int index(const int& localIndex) const {
       return localGlobalMap_.find(localIndex)->second;
     }
 
diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/matrixcommunicator.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/matrixcommunicator.hh
index 66b15256437a98768426e16fed469d50296a2c43..aad79302abfadce6a0165225e9e926b9a4463f21 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/matrixcommunicator.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/matrixcommunicator.hh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class MatrixCommunicator {
         const int i = rIt.index();
         const int j = cIt.index();
 
-        localMatrixEntries.push_back(TransferMatrixTuple(guIndex1_.globalIndex(i), guIndex2_.globalIndex(j), *cIt));
+        localMatrixEntries.push_back(TransferMatrixTuple(guIndex1_.index(i), guIndex2_.index(j), *cIt));
       }
 
     // Get number of matrix entries on each process
diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/vectorcommunicator.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/vectorcommunicator.hh
index 2dd2b7fb8c94c99ceaf367cf6818d99e0333baf3..cb7de259aac15fc9a2600a9e922a81141a66fd5f 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/vectorcommunicator.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/vectorcommunicator.hh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ private:
 
     // Translate vector entries
     for (size_t k=0; k<localVector.size(); k++)
-        localVectorEntries.push_back(TransferVectorTuple(guIndex.globalIndex(k), localVector[k]));
+        localVectorEntries.push_back(TransferVectorTuple(guIndex.index(k), localVector[k]));
 
     // Get number of vector entries on each process
     localVectorEntriesSizes = MPIFunctions::shareSizes(guIndex.getGridView(), localVectorEntries.size());